Jira (FACT-428) Should not use the users path by default to find executables

[Damon Atkins (JIRA)]

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Damon Atkins commented on an issue   Re: Should not use the users path by default to find executables Most people who write secure shell scripts set and export the path in their shell script. People who want consistent results set the PATH in shell script so that they Know which binaries will be used. Your suggest that your want different results between Fred testing and Jim Testing. If an agent dies and some one starts it by hand, it may have a different path to the one it was original started possible producing different results and possible impacting the systems configuration being applied, it will not be obvious to anyone that the difference will be the path when trying to solve why it is not working as expected. Add Comment   Facter / FACT-428 Should not use the users path by default to find executables Factor should have a reasonable default path per platform/kernel. Reasons: 1. Puppet/Factor can be started by cron, a user, startup scripts and in each case have a different path and possible a different result is produced. 2. Security, Ensure puppet runs commands expected in the location expected/trusted. e.g. $PATH for example is not under change ... 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/d/optout.