Issue #19709 has been reported by James Turnbull. ---------------------------------------- Bug #19709: Puppet resource running as non-root errors https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/19709
Author: James Turnbull Status: Unreviewed Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: ralsh Target version: Affected Puppet version: 3.1.0 Keywords: puppet resource user root permissions sudo Branch: Behaviour: When running puppet resource as a non-root user an error is generated <pre> $ puppet resource --trace user root Error: Could not run: undefined method `exists?' for nil:NilClass /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/type/user.rb:78:in `retrieve' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/type/user.rb:378:in `block in retrieve' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/type/user.rb:372:in `each' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/type/user.rb:372:in `inject' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/type/user.rb:372:in `retrieve' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/type.rb:1041:in `retrieve_resource' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/type.rb:2380:in `to_resource' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/indirector/resource/ral.rb:10:in `find' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb:191:in `find' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/application/resource.rb:218:in `find_or_save_resources' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/application/resource.rb:142:in `main' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/application.rb:372:in `run_command' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/application.rb:364:in `block (2 levels) in run' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/application.rb:456:in `plugin_hook' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/application.rb:364:in `block in run' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/util.rb:504:in `exit_on_fail' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/application.rb:364:in `run' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb:132:in `run' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb:86:in `execute' /usr/local/share/gems/gems/puppet-3.1.0/bin/puppet:4:in `<top (required)>' /usr/local/bin/puppet:23:in `load' /usr/local/bin/puppet:23:in `<main>' </pre> Platform: Puppet 3.1.0 ruby 1.9.3p392 (2013-02-22 revision 39386) [i386-linux] Fedora 18 - Linux echo.lovedthanlost.net 3.7.2-204.fc18.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed Jan 16 16:31:26 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Expected behaviour: Return error message saying permission denied as Puppet can't retrieve the users without sudo/root -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
