Issue #13973 has been updated by Stefan Schulte.
Puppet will write the `authorized_keys` file as the user you specify with the `user` property (because of http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3870). The user most likely has far less priviledges than the original user who is running the puppet command (most likely `root`). If puppet needs to make a change in the `authorized` key file, indicated by <pre> debug: Flushing ssh_authorized_key provider target /home/nitesh/.ssh/authorized_keys </pre> puppet will first dump the new content to a temporary file and later move it to the correct place. Puppet uses a ruby library to create that file (`tempfile`). The tempfile will normally be created in `/tmp` but as it turns out, the current working directory is used instead. If the current working directory (e.g. `/root`) is not writeable by user `nitesh` you'll get the error above. In order to find out, why `tempfile` does not create the file in `/tmp` can you please do the following: <pre> # env | grep TMP if you do get any output from above please post the ls -ld $directory output # ls -ld /tmp </pre> ---------------------------------------- Bug #13973: No such file or directory error with ssh_authorized_keys https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13973#change-61210 Author: Nitesh Goel Status: Needs More Information Priority: Normal Assignee: Nitesh Goel Category: ssh Target version: 2.7.14 Affected Puppet version: 2.7.13 Keywords: Branch: When I try to set authorized keys through the ssh_authorized_key resource type, I get the following error: Could not evaluate: Puppet::Util::FileType::FileTypeFlat could not write /home/nitesh/.ssh/authorized_keys: No such file or directory - /opt/puppet/lib/puppet20120417-2519-62ftr9.lock $vardir config is set to /opt/puppet/lib. I am saving my puppet manifests in a git repo and running them locally without a puppet server. -- 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.
