Issue #23368 has been reported by Josh Cooper.
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Bug #23368: Script based external facts fail on Windows 2003
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/23368
* Author: Josh Cooper
* Status: Accepted
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee:
* Category:
* Target version:
* Keywords: windows
* Branch:
* Affected Facter version: 1.7.0
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Facter's ScriptParser will execute external facts with extensions (bat, cmd,
com, exe) using ruby's `%x{ }`. On 2003, the path to these files will contain a
space, e.g. `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\PuppetLabs\facter\facts.d`. Since the command is not quoted, it will fail
(it's interpreted as the command `C:\Documents` with arguments `and`,
`Settings\All`, etc.
It is not an issue on 2008 and later, because the path to the script does not
typically contain a space, `C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\facter\facts.d`.
It is not an issue with Powershell scripts, because there is a powershell
specific parser that executes `powershell -File 'path/to/file.ps1'`
It is not an issue for text based external facts, because `File.read` does not
require the path to be quoted.
The fix is simple, make sure the path is quoted if it contains spaces.
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