We use CentOS 5.x and by default httpd runs as the apache user and not
www-data.
HTH
Charles
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello list!
>
> I am having a little trouble with one of my manifests. in my apache
> module I attempt to start the httpd service, but it complains that
> www-data is a 'bad user'.
>
> This is what happens if I attempt to start httpd by hand after the
> initial puppet run:
>
> [root@puppet yum.repos.d]# service httpd start
> Starting httpd: httpd: bad user name www-data
> [FAILED]
>
>
> It's rather confusing because I do have www-date defined in a file
> called group.pp
>
> [root@puppet yum.repos.d]# ls -l /etc/puppet/manifests/groups/group.pp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 puppet puppet 3453 May 10 15:41
> /etc/puppet/manifests/groups/group.pp
>
>
> Which has the user defined like this:
>
> group {
> ..
> group { 'www-data':
> ensure => 'present',
> gid => '33'
> }
>
> ..
> }
>
> It is included in my site.pp file
>
> # site.pp
> import "template"
> import "nodes"
> import "classes/*"
> import "groups/*"
> import "users/*"
> import "os/*"
>
>
>
> And I am sure to include it in a class called centos
>
>
> class centos {
>
> include yumrepos
> include group
>
> ..
>
> }
>
> which is itself included in a base class template:
>
>
> node basenode {
>
> include sshd
> include centos
> }
>
> node default inherits basenode {}
> node webserver inherits basenode {
> include apache
> }
>
> and this is how the node is defined:
>
>
> node 'puppet.acadaca.net' inherits webserver {
> }
>
>
> I define the httpd service in
> /etc/puppet/modules/apache/manifests/init.pp this way:
>
> service { "httpd":
> enable => "true",
> ensure => "running",
> hasrestart => "true",
> hasstatus => "true",
> require => [$requires,Group["www-data"]],
> }
>
>
> This is how the puppet run looks:
>
> [root@puppet yum.repos.d]# puppetd -t
> info: Loading facts in mysql
> info: Loading facts in configured_ntp_servers
> info: Loading facts in mysql
> info: Loading facts in configured_ntp_servers
> info: Caching catalog for puppet.acadaca.net
> info: /Stage[main]/Centos/Tidy[/etc/yum.repos.d/c5-media.repo]: File
> does not exist
> info: /Stage[main]/Apache/Tidy[/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf]: File does not
> exist
> info: /Stage[main]/Centos/Tidy[/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS.repo]: File
> does not exist
> info: Applying configuration version '1305056672'
> notice: /Stage[main]/Centos/Exec[import webtatic key]/returns:
> executed successfully
> notice: /Stage[main]/Centos/Exec[import remi key]/returns: executed
> successfully
> notice: /Stage[main]/Centos/Exec[import dag key]/returns: executed
> successfully
> err: /Stage[main]/Apache/Service[httpd]/ensure: change from stopped to
> running failed: Could not start Service[httpd]: Execution of
> '/sbin/service httpd start' returned 1: at
> /etc/puppet/modules/apache/manifests/init.pp:260
> notice: Finished catalog run in 3.49 seconds
>
>
> If I add the www-data user by hand:
>
> [root@puppet yum.repos.d]# useradd www-data -g www-data
> Creating mailbox file: File exists
> useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.
> Not copying any file from skel directory into it.
>
> The httpd service starts by hand just fine:
>
> [root@puppet yum.repos.d]# service httpd start
> Starting httpd: [ OK ]
>
> And if I stop the httpd service and let puppet try to start it at this
> point..it WORKS!!
>
> [root@puppet yum.repos.d]# puppetd -t
> info: Loading facts in mysql
> info: Loading facts in configured_ntp_servers
> info: Loading facts in mysql
> info: Loading facts in configured_ntp_servers
> info: Caching catalog for puppet.acadaca.net
> info: /Stage[main]/Apache/Tidy[/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf]: File does not
> exist
> info: /Stage[main]/Centos/Tidy[/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS.repo]: File
> does not exist
> info: /Stage[main]/Centos/Tidy[/etc/yum.repos.d/c5-media.repo]: File
> does not exist
> info: Applying configuration version '1305056672'
> notice: /Stage[main]/Centos/Exec[import webtatic key]/returns:
> executed successfully
> notice: /Stage[main]/Centos/Exec[import dag key]/returns: executed
> successfully
> notice: /Stage[main]/Centos/Exec[import remi key]/returns: executed
> successfully
> notice: /Stage[main]/Apache/Service[httpd]/ensure: ensure changed
> 'stopped' to 'running'
> notice: Finished catalog run in 3.96 seconds
>
>
> How can I automate the creation of the www-data user so that the
> service will start automatically? Thank you for your kind attention to
> this issue!
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>
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