Puppet users - Oct 2011 - setting ACLs using exec resource in Puppet DSL

Hi,

I am trying to set ACLs using exec resource in Puppet DSL as follows:

<pre>
...
...
define :set_acl_userdir do
  username = @name
  user_dirname = dir + username
  user_dirname_default = user_dirname + ''_default''
  exec user_dirname_default, :command => ''/usr/bin/setfacl -d -m
m:username:rwx user_dirname''
end
...
...

node ''default'' do
  users.each do |u|
    mk_userdir u
    set_acl_userdir u
  end
end
</pre>

I am getting following error when I run this script:
<pre>
Puppet::Parser::Compiler failed with error TypeError: can''t convert
Hash into String on node
</pre>

I am not sure how to use exec in Puppet DSL scripts. Any documentation
or example usage will be really helpful.

thanks,
neuby.r

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:03 PM, neubyr <neubyr@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set ACLs using exec resource in Puppet DSL as follows:
>
> <pre>
> ...
> ...
> define :set_acl_userdir do
>  username = @name
>  user_dirname = dir + username
>  user_dirname_default = user_dirname + ''_default''
>  exec user_dirname_default, :command => ''/usr/bin/setfacl -d -m
> m:username:rwx user_dirname''
> end
> ...
> ...
>
> node ''default'' do
>  users.each do |u|
>    mk_userdir u
>    set_acl_userdir u
>  end
> end
> </pre>
>
> I am getting following error when I run this script:
> <pre>
> Puppet::Parser::Compiler failed with error TypeError: can''t
convert
> Hash into String on node
> </pre>
>
> I am not sure how to use exec in Puppet DSL scripts. Any documentation
> or example usage will be really helpful.
exec have namspace clashing, so you need to use create_resource :exec
.... See: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Ruby_Dsl

HTH,

Nan

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On Oct 17, 5:03 pm, neubyr <neu...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set ACLs using exec resource in Puppet DSL as follows:

No, you''re not.  You are trying to set ACLs by using an Exec resource
in a *Ruby* Puppet manifest, not one written in Puppet DSL.  It''s not
obvious to me at the moment why you aren''t, in fact, using the DSL.  I
recommend that you do, as it leaves rather less room for you to get
yourself into trouble, and you''ll probably get better help as well.



John

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Nan Liu <nan@puppetlabs.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:03 PM, neubyr <neubyr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to set ACLs using exec resource in Puppet DSL as follows:
>>
>> <pre>
>> ...
>> ...
>> define :set_acl_userdir do
>>  username = @name
>>  user_dirname = dir + username
>>  user_dirname_default = user_dirname + ''_default''
>>  exec user_dirname_default, :command => ''/usr/bin/setfacl
-d -m
>> m:username:rwx user_dirname''
>> end
>> ...
>> ...
>>
>> node ''default'' do
>>  users.each do |u|
>>    mk_userdir u
>>    set_acl_userdir u
>>  end
>> end
>> </pre>
>>
>> I am getting following error when I run this script:
>> <pre>
>> Puppet::Parser::Compiler failed with error TypeError: can''t
convert
>> Hash into String on node
>> </pre>
>>
>> I am not sure how to use exec in Puppet DSL scripts. Any documentation
>> or example usage will be really helpful.
>
> exec have namspace clashing, so you need to use create_resource :exec
> .... See: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Ruby_Dsl
>
> HTH,
>
> Nan
>
Thanks for the help Nan. It worked.

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:09 AM, jcbollinger <John.Bollinger@stjude.org>
wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 17, 5:03 pm, neubyr <neu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to set ACLs using exec resource in Puppet DSL as follows:
>
>
> No, you''re not.  You are trying to set ACLs by using an Exec
resource
> in a *Ruby* Puppet manifest, not one written in Puppet DSL.  It''s
not
> obvious to me at the moment why you aren''t, in fact, using the
DSL.  I
> recommend that you do, as it leaves rather less room for you to get
> yourself into trouble, and you''ll probably get better help as
well.
>
Sorry for the wrong terminology here. Thanks for correcting it.  I am
using Ruby DSL.

Nan''s suggestion worked for me. I am setting ACLs based on list of
users in a group (system''s group database). To iterate over this user
list I used Ruby DSL instead of Puppet DSL.

-neubyr

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