http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/7599 This (or something very like it) should work: file { foo: ensure => present mode => 0644 } Note the lack of commas after key/value pairs. Please comment on the ticket or reply here, whichever you prefer. Thanks! r P.S. This is in response to feedback from my "Improving the Puppet DSL" session at Puppet Camp EU, 2011. This ticket isn''t a promise we will take action, but we could very much like comment and discussion from you good people. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.