Issue #11968 has been updated by Daniel Pittman. Subject changed from Errors from Exec resources when source param of a File resource is a softlink to Potentially unsafe CWD handling in Puppet, from various sources Description updated Status changed from Unreviewed to Needs Decision
More thinking is needed about what this means, but I agree that it is a problem, and if we have shown it in several places we should look further to fixing it globally. ---------------------------------------- Bug #11968: Potentially unsafe CWD handling in Puppet, from various sources https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11968 Author: Steve Shipway Status: Needs Decision Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: file Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.7.6 Keywords: Branch: If the location pointed to by source=> in a file{} resource is a softlink, and you do not have links=>follow, then you get some wierd errors relating to getcwd appearing. This is understandable but it should probably give a more helpful error message. I have reliably duplicated this with file { "/usr/local/nrpe": ensure=>present, replace=>yes, recurse=>true, recurselimit=>2, backup=>false, force=>true, ignore=>'.svn', owner=>root, group=>root, mode=>0755, sourceselect=>all, source=>[ "puppet:///modules/nrpe/plugins/$operatingsystem.$architecture", ], } If the puppet: link points to a softlink you get all the Exec errors about getcwd. Replacing with a real directory, or using links=>follow, and all is OK. err: /Stage[main]/Nrpe/File[/usr/local/nrpe]/ensure: change from directory to link failed: Could not set 'link on ensure: No such file or directory - getcwd at /etc/puppet/dev/modules/nrpe/manifests/init.pp:92 err: /Stage[main]/Nrpe/Exec[etc-services-nrpe]: Could not evaluate: No such file or directory - getcwd All the additional errors are with Exec resources. The body includes more details about how to reproduce. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
