amrset <[email protected]> writes:
> Daniel Pittman wrote:
>> amrset <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>> Would it be possible to do something like:
>>>
>>> file { "/foo/voo/bar/baz" :
[...]
>>> }
>>
>> Isn't that just:
>>
>> file { "/foo": owner => "foo", recurse => true }
>> file { "/foo/voo/bar/baz": owner => "baz", recurse => true }
>>
>> ...since the second instance is more specific, so will override the first
>> instance?
>
> A few issues - first - which one would run first? (order would matter
> right?)
All the usual ordering meta-parameters are going to work as expected, so you
can have the second depend on the first.
> Second - right now, if a parent directory doesn't exist, ie - if "bar" below
> doesn't exist:
>
> file { "/foo/voo/bar/baz" :
> ensure => directory.
> ...
> }
>
> then the file resource throws an error that it can't create "baz" as it
> currently can't deal with missing parent directories.
*nod* You would need to either guard the declaration against machines that
don't have the second hierarchy, specify the entire hierarchy, or enhance
puppet not to complain.
> Another issue - what if $mydir is multiple (dynamic) levels of directory,
> and I need to create and/or maintain /foo/${mydir}/bar/baz ...
Well, you can substitute variables into the name of the file, so
"/foo/${mydir}" will work literally as written.
> What if some of the tree exists on one computer and none on another? What
> will the permissions/ownership be?
The rules apply recursively from whatever root you give, so the behaviour is
as if they were independently specified.
I don't *know* this solves your problem as described, and I have had cases
where I *do* want complex behaviour from a recursive ownership action, but
I think current puppet can be made to dance to your current tune.
Daniel
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