Jira (PUP-1162) puppet resource error with no suitable provider: Could not run: undefined method `exists?' for nil:NilClass

[Jason Antman (JIRA)]

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Jason Antman commented on an issue   Re: puppet resource error with no suitable provider: Could not run: undefined method `exists?' for nil:NilClass Seems to me that this really needs a decision as to how this is handled, and whether it should be handled directly in the User type, or whether there should be some higher-level way of detecting that there's no suitable or default provider for a type, and issuing an appropriate error message... Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1162 puppet resource error with no suitable provider: Could not run: undefined method `exists?' for nil:NilClass Following [the resources documentation](http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ral.html) I execute the following command as normal user and get: {code} igalic@tynix ~ % puppet resource user root Error: Could not run: undefined method `exists?' for nil:NilClass 1 igalic@tynix ~ % puppet resource user igalic Error: Could not run: undefined method `exists?... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- 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 puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.