Jira (PUP-1547) Undefined method `groups' for nil:NilClass

[Francisco A. Lozano (JIRA)]

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Francisco A. Lozano commented on an issue   Re: Undefined method `groups' for nil:NilClass Having similar problem here, using puppet 3.4.2 (gem-installed) under a centos docker/lxc container. It doesn't reproduce in our rpm-installed EC2 instances. Error: Got an uncaught exception of type NoMethodError: undefined method `groups' for nil:NilClass /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/puppet-3.4.1/lib/puppet/property/list.rb:59:in `retrieve' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/puppet-3.4.1/lib/puppet/property/list.rb:46:in `should' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/puppet-3.4.1/lib/puppet/type/user.rb:359:in `block (2 levels) in <module:Puppet>' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/puppet-3.4.1/lib/puppet/type.rb:1979:in `instance_eval' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/puppet-3.4.1/lib/puppet/type.rb:1979:in `block in autorequire' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/puppet-3.4.1/lib/puppet/type.rb:1957:in `block in eachautorequire' Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1547 Undefined method `groups' for nil:NilClass Lost quite some time in a rspec-puppet issue due to this error Ultimately it was due to being on os x and setting {{operatingsystem}} fact to centos, making puppet unable to find providers for the user type. {code}      NoMethodError:        undefined method `groups' for nil:NilClass      # /Users/csanchez/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p484/gems/puppet-3.4.... 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.