Issue #17134 has been updated by eric sorenson. Status changed from Unreviewed to Duplicate
Hi, thanks for the bug report. This is a duplicate of #12833; please add yourself as a watcher on that ticket to track the progress of the fix. There is an open pull request which fixes this issue as well -- it would be wonderful if you could try the code that is posted here: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/1266 and comment on #12833 with any issues you run into. ---------------------------------------- Bug #17134: User creation OSX 10.8 https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/17134#change-76149 Author: Ayrton De Craene Status: Duplicate Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Darwin Target version: Affected Puppet version: 3.0.1 Keywords: Branch: Currently I'm working on a clean install of Mac OSX Mountain Lion and I've installed puppet by following the [official instructions][1] however I cannot create the puppet user successfully. This happens both with puppet installed from the package or via `gem install puppet`. Ayrtons-iMac:puppet adc$ sudo puppet resource user puppet ensure=present gid=puppet shell='/sbin/nologin' /User[puppet]/ensure: created Error: Could not run: undefined method `string' for nil:NilClass note that creating the puppet group succeeds: Ayrtons-iMac:puppet adc$ sudo puppet resource group puppet ensure=present group { 'puppet': ensure => 'present', } These were the gems installed on my system: Ayrtons-iMac:puppet adc$ gem list *** LOCAL GEMS *** facter (1.6.13) hiera (1.0.0) puppet (3.0.1) [1]: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/installation.html#mac-os-x -- 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.
