On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:06 AM, kp-v
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I was originally coming at this because of an issue with an implementation I
> was working on. I was working off of 2.6.16 and decided I wanted to try and
> /opt install of puppet. To make a long story short, puppet was only
> searching /etc/puppet/auth.conf for the ACL file and not /opt directory.

I'll try and chase it down, but I'm pretty sure we had a bug at that
point in time with the install.rb --destdir option, and auth.conf not
honoring it correctly.

Is that how you were installing Puppet rooted at /opt ?

> Anyhow, I figured my problem was something to do with the indirector not
> specifying the correct terminus point. Eventually I submitted that the
> easiest way was to symlink my ACL file to the /etc/puppet/auth.conf; however
> this defeats the purpose of a /opt dir install and would be wrong
> sysadmin-fu. I figured it would be nice to document this and perhaps prepare
> a patch for any adventurous puppet professionals/enthusiasts who think
> shooting themselves in the foot is fun.

Totally appreciate the spirit :)

>
> I am a big fan of IT automation and would love to help contribute in any way
> I can. It would be great if you could point out any issues that have been on
> the back burner for some time and need hacking apart.
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 10, 2012 6:29:12 PM UTC-7, James Turnbull wrote:
>>
>> kp-v wrote:
>> > Thanks for the quick reply and useful information.
>> >
>> >  I have read contributing.md and, while I would love to start committing
>> > code, I need to take some more time to look at the source (-_-). I hope
>> > to help out real soon.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Kevin
>>
>> What were you planning to add or change about the indirector? Perhaps
>> there is some code we can point you at?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> James
>>
>>
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