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In the normal override method, you can change the value of a parameter, but can you unset a parameter? file { "/etc/somefile": mode => 644, owner => "dude" } File ["/etc/somefile"] { mode => unset } ??

...ppet-users-request at madstop.com You can reach the person managing the list at puppet-users-owner at madstop.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Puppet-users digest..." Today''s Topics: 1. Re: external nodes (Luke Kanies) 2. Re: Puppet is reporting missing libraries (Luke Kanies) 3. Re: puppetca is unable to sign certificate (Luke Kanies) 4. Re: puppetca is unable to sign certificate (Luke Kanies) 5. Re: #786: exported resources not refreshed (Luke Kanies) 6. Re: puppet (Timeout::Error) HELP??? (Luke...

This was a fun one to track down... I was trying to use the append_if_no_such_line script from the wiki and it was working fine EXCEPT when I threw a notify at it. The notify appears to completely ignore both unless and onlyif within the exec for some reason. If I put the same test in the actual command line, it works fine. Example: unless => "/bin/grep -Fqe ''$line''

Hello, I want a simple operation in a puppet node like restarting the ssh service if it was stopped. My site.pp is simple as this: import "services/*" node default { include ssh } The services directory as a ssh.pp : class ssh { service { ssh: ensure => running, subscribe => File["/etc/ssh/sshd_config"] } } I''ve stopped the ssh service in the

...petmasterd.conf et al) if present, albeit with a deprecation notice. How''s that sound? -- An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com

Hi all, I have a situation where I want to use the same template to create two different files in two different classes. I''ve tried to lookup some information on what is possible with templates, how advanced you can get, but haven''t found much. I guess it''s one of the areas where I should contribute to the docs - once I figured out what I can do, that is...

...month, so feedback sooner is better. -- If a dog jumps onto your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer. -- Alfred North Whitehead --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com

This this definition: group { "puppettestgroup2": gid => 1235, ensure => present } user { "puppettestuser2": gid => "puppettestgroup2", uid => 1235, ensure => present } I see this: notice: Starting

...community is generally unhappy with the documentation I write, so if you want me to get better at this I need your feedback. -- The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. -- Herbert Spencer --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com

I posted this earlier on IRC, but it didn''t seem anyone was active: <mozillaman>Hey all! <mozillaman>Quick question for you :) <mozillaman>I installed puppet according to the directions on the site and got this: sudo /usr/bin/puppetmasterd --nonodes undefined method `retrieve'' for nil:NilClass <mozillaman>Anyone have any ideas? Any help would be

Does anyone know if it''s possible to do the following: Given the directory structure: /foo/bar /foo/bar/<bunch of stuff> Is it possible to set /foo/bar to, say 555, and all stuff below to 440 or the directory equivalent? Thanks, Trevor

...are of the hunt-and-fix variety rather than refactoring. -- The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there''s no law against wacking them around a little. -- Joe Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com

...he serengeti, the century-old termite mounds had withstood all tests of time and foe - all tests, that is, except the one involving drunken aardvarks and a stolen wrecking ball." -- Gary Larson --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com

...on it, you should be able to run ''puppetdoc --all --pdf'' then check / tmp/puppetdoc.log for the failure. -- Death and taxes are inevitable; at least death doesn''t get worse every year. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com

I''m seeing these in my logs on my puppetmaster: puppetmasterd[4111]: Could not store configs: SQLite3::SQLException: SQL logic error or missing database: DELETE FROM fact_values WHERE "id" = 8 currently this is 0.24.0 relect from some previously collected resource that wasn''t cleaned up? upgrade issue? nothing to worry about? that''s the only

Hi, I would find it very useful if puppet were able to replicate passwords for specified users from a master PC (the puppetmaster would do me fine, though I suspect this may not suit everyone). That would make changing passwords on my small Linux network a little easier. cheers John Dubery

...sible (probably in about 12 hours), so if anyone wants to get that last-minute testing in, now''s the time. -- I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. -- Harry S Truman --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com

Hello List, We are using puppet to manage a growing number of Debian Etch based servers (currently 70). Since upgrading to 0.22.4 we encountered a problem when services do not restarted on puppets request. For example the Nagios remote plugin executor daemon (nrpe). It''s running daemonized and its confiugration is located in /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg. This file is managed through puppet

Has anyone used Puppet to manage Solaris Patches? If so could you pass on any tips. For those without Solaris experience, you can only describe the configuration of a Solaris system with the full combination of Installed Packages Installed Patches Applied Configuration

I testing Puppet 0.19.3. If we decide to use it, we''d deploy it across several thousand hosts. The method described for creating client certificates described in the documentation - running "puppetd --server <server> --waitforcert 60 --test" and "puppetca --sign <client>" - is not practical for our installation. I''ve tried creating