Hi Dan, the puppetmaster daemon is not running as root, however I have other modules running on this machine and a files directory in each that all have the same exact ownership and permissions and are being shared without any problems.
tim On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Daniel Piddock <dgp-g...@corefiling.co.uk> wrote: > On 03/03/11 21:14, Tim Dunphy wrote: >> hello list!! >> >> I am having some trouble with a postfix module I am attempting to >> implement. as always, your input is extremely valuable and would be >> appreciated >> >> >> here's what's going on: >> >> ## errors >> >> err: //postfix/Package[postfix-pflogsum.x86_64]/ensure: change from >> absent to present failed: Could not find package >> postfix-pflogsum.x86_64 >> notice: //postfix/Cron[pflogsum]: Dependency >> package[postfix-pflogsum.x86_64] has 1 failures >> warning: //postfix/Cron[pflogsum]: Skipping because of failed dependencies >> err: //postfix/Service[postfix]/ensure: change from stopped to running >> failed: Could not start Service[postfix]: Execution of '/sbin/service >> postfix start' returned 1: at >> /etc/puppet/modules/postfix/manifests/init.pp:35 >> err: //postfix/File[/etc/aliases.db]: Failed to retrieve current state >> of resource: Error 400 on SERVER: Permission denied - >> /etc/puppet/modules/postfix/files/aliases.db Could not retrieve file >> metadata for puppet:///postfix/aliases.db: Error 400 on SERVER: >> Permission denied - /etc/puppet/modules/postfix/files/aliases.db at >> /etc/puppet/modules/postfix/manifests/init.pp:17 >> >> >> >> As you can see pflogsum is not being installed and the postfix service >> is not starting. also the aliases.db file that I am attempting to >> share doesn't get transferred. although >> >> ## ls of files >> >> [root@puppet ~]# ls -l /etc/puppet/modules/postfix/files/aliases.db >> -rw-r----- 1 root root 12288 Mar 2 16:18 >> /etc/puppet/modules/postfix/files/aliases.db > > Is your puppetmaster running as root? It's unlikely. You either want to > change the owner or chmod o+r. > > HTH, > > Dan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.