Marc, There is no way in the resource declaration for 'file' to stop it from ensuring your symlink is made into a directory. That is because this is the state you're asking to have ensured when you compile that resource into a catalog. What you may want to do is find a way to have the resource either ensure a symlink for those hosts or not be in your catalog. I recommend the finding a way to have it ensure a symlink.
You could probably do this most easily by wrapping it in a conditional that responds to a top-level variable (either from your ENC or in your node definition). If you are using hiera, perhaps you can keep the variable there. Another option, could be to create a custom fact that detects when you've created a symlink. However, this method does not really capture the fact that you've done the symlink anywhere except on the host. Were this host to fail in an unrecoverable manner, or even just be rebuilt by someone who is not you, this detail may be missed. -- Tom Linkin Professional Services Engineer http://puppetlabs.com/ twitter: @trlinkin On Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following resource defined: > > file { "/var/lib/foo": > ensure => directory, > owner => root, > group => root, > mode => 0755, > } > > On some systems, but not on all, I have /var/lib/foo symlinked to > another partition with more space. Those symlinks (/var/lib/foo => > /space/foo) are replaced during the puppet run with a local directory. > > Neither the force nor the replace parameter to the File resource seems > to stop this behavior. > > Is there anyway to obtain this behavior short of using an exec? > > Greetings > Marc > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header > Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 31958061 > Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 31958062 > > -- > 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 > (mailto:puppet-users@googlegroups.com). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > (mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- 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.
