Thomas Mueller <[email protected]> writes:
> Am Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:30:59 -0800 schrieb DieterVDW:
>> On Mar 12, 11:21 am, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> Puppet doesn't handle a folder with lots of files well.  It handles
>>> large files even worse.  The standard advice is "Try putting the files
>>> in a package and distributing them using apt."  Another common answer
>>> is to try combining exec and rsync.  I ended up using apt.  Here are
>>> the tutorials I used:

>> The problem is, I -am- using apt!
>> Those files are downloaded and installed using apt, I just want puppet
>> to make sure they are owned by a certain user and group. That's the only
>> thing puppet needs to do.

> if the files are installed by apt and do not have the permissions you 
> need, you may need to have a look at dpkg-statoverride (man dpkg-
> statoverride). 

Under most circumstances, though, all you need to do is ensure that the
files have the correct ownership in the *.deb when you create it and then
dpkg will do the correct thing when installing the package.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([email protected])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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