Puppet users - Jul 2012 - Double quotes within an exec statement

Hello all,

I''ve been trying to run this exec statement (which to my peril was 
initially thought to be something simple):

exec { "/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix "" " :  }

After the command is run I''m getting the following error:

err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: 
Syntax error at '''' ''; expected ''}''
at
/etc/puppet/modules/powerbroker_install/manifests/init.pp:20 on node 
sbxwk-blackhole.sbx.leiproductions.com

I need to run the command with the double quotes as the value of 
UserDomainPrefix but I''m having a hard time getting this one to run.  I
figured if I changed to the command below, puppet wouldn''t interpret
the
double quotes and things would work but I was quite wrong. 

exec { " ''/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix ""
''  " :  }

Does anybody have any suggestions as to how one might run an exec with 
double quotes?

As always, thanks for the help in advance.

Cheers,

Mike 


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On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 01:23:47PM -0700, Mike Reed
wrote:
>    Hello all,
> 
>    I''ve been trying to run this exec statement (which to my peril
was
>    initially thought to be something simple):
> 
>    exec { "/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix "" "
:  }
Escape the inside double quotes:

$ cat /tmp/2.pp 
notice("\"this is quoted\"")
notice("this is not quoted")
$ puppet apply /tmp/2.pp 
notice: Scope(Class[main]): "this is quoted"
notice: Scope(Class[main]): this is not quoted
 
>    After the command is run I''m getting the following error:
> 
>    err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
>    Syntax error at '''' ''; expected
''}'' at
>    /etc/puppet/modules/powerbroker_install/manifests/init.pp:20 on node
>    sbxwk-blackhole.sbx.leiproductions.com
> 
>    I need to run the command with the double quotes as the value of
>    UserDomainPrefix but I''m having a hard time getting this one to
run.  I
>    figured if I changed to the command below, puppet wouldn''t
interpret the
>    double quotes and things would work but I was quite wrong.
> 
>    exec { " ''/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix
"" ''  " :  }
Better, if you''re using the literal:

exec { ''/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix "" '': 
}

But you''d save yourself the trouble by emplacing a shell script and
running that.
>    Does anybody have any suggestions as to how one might run an exec with
>    double quotes?
> 
>    As always, thanks for the help in advance.
> 
>    Cheers,
> 
>    Mike
> 
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escape your inner quotes \" \"

exec { "/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix \"\" " :  }

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Mike Reed <mjohn.reed@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I''ve been trying to run this exec statement (which to my peril was
initially
> thought to be something simple):
>
> exec { "/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix "" " :  }
>
> After the command is run I''m getting the following error:
>
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
> Syntax error at '''' ''; expected
''}'' at
> /etc/puppet/modules/powerbroker_install/manifests/init.pp:20 on node
> sbxwk-blackhole.sbx.leiproductions.com
>
> I need to run the command with the double quotes as the value of
> UserDomainPrefix but I''m having a hard time getting this one to
run.  I
> figured if I changed to the command below, puppet wouldn''t
interpret the
> double quotes and things would work but I was quite wrong.
>
> exec { " ''/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix ""
''  " :  }
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions as to how one might run an exec with
> double quotes?
>
> As always, thanks for the help in advance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>
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On Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:23:47 PM UTC-5, Mike Reed
wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I''ve been trying to run this exec statement (which to my peril was
> initially thought to be something simple):
>
> exec { "/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix "" " :  }
>
> After the command is run I''m getting the following error:
>
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: 
> Syntax error at '''' ''; expected
''}'' at
> /etc/puppet/modules/powerbroker_install/manifests/init.pp:20 on node 
> sbxwk-blackhole.sbx.leiproductions.com
>
The double quotes around the command''s second argument are being 
interpreted as the end of the resource title.  The easiest solution is 
probably to switch the outer quotes to single:

exec { ''/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix "" '' :
}

Indeed, it''s a good idea to make a habit of using single quotes instead
of
double quotes in your Puppet manifests, except where you have specific 
reason to do otherwise (such as when you want to interpolate a variable 
into your string).  Alternatively, you should also be able to escape the 
internal double quotes with backslashes:

exec { "/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix \"\" " :  }


John

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Hey Guys, 

Thanks for the input.   Your comments were most helpful and I definitely 
get it now.

I realize that the way I''m going about doing this one probably
isn''t the
most desirable and as soon as I have my important manifests working in a 
basic state, I''ll come back to each one and fix them up.

Thanks again for the help.

Cheers,

Mike

On Thursday, July 5, 2012 1:23:47 PM UTC-7, Mike Reed
wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I''ve been trying to run this exec statement (which to my peril was
> initially thought to be something simple):
>
> exec { "/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix "" " :  }
>
> After the command is run I''m getting the following error:
>
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: 
> Syntax error at '''' ''; expected
''}'' at
> /etc/puppet/modules/powerbroker_install/manifests/init.pp:20 on node 
> sbxwk-blackhole.sbx.leiproductions.com
>
> I need to run the command with the double quotes as the value of 
> UserDomainPrefix but I''m having a hard time getting this one to
run.  I
> figured if I changed to the command below, puppet wouldn''t
interpret the
> double quotes and things would work but I was quite wrong. 
>
> exec { " ''/opt/pbis/bin/config UserDomainPrefix ""
''  " :  }
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions as to how one might run an exec with 
> double quotes?
>
> As always, thanks for the help in advance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike 
>
>
>
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