Annie, http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#exec
By default the expected return code is probably zero, your script is returning 1. Whether this is correct or not I don't know, but you can tell puppet to expect a different return code: exec { '/etc/shell_file': require => File['/etc/shell_file'], returns => 1, } On Jun 17, 2:36 pm, Annie Rana <annier...@gmail.com> wrote: > I apologize for posting wrong log messages, here is the correct log: > > notice: Starting catalog run > notice: //File[/tmp/QoS/QoS.sh]/ensure: created > err: //Exec[/tmp/QoS/QoS.sh]/returns: change from notrun to 0 failed: > /tmp/QoS/QoS.sh returned 1 instead of 0 at /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp:10 > notice: Finished catalog run in 0.46 seconds > > Any help please? > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Annie Rana <annier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Peter, thanks for your reply. I managed to copy the shell file puppet > > client using the file resource recipe you specified but exec is throwing an > > error, which is as follows: > > > info: No classes to store > > info: Caching catalog at /var/lib/puppet/state/localconfig.yaml > > notice: Starting catalog run > > err: //File[/tmp/QoS/QoS.sh]/ensure: change from absent to file failed: > > Could not set file on ensure: No such file or directory - > > /tmp/QoS/QoS.sh.puppettmp at /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp:7 > > notice: //Exec[/tmp/QoS/QoS.sh]: Dependency file[/tmp/QoS/QoS.sh] has 1 > > failures > > warning: //Exec[/tmp/QoS/QoS.sh]: Skipping because of failed dependencies > > notice: Finished catalog run in 0.38 seconds > > > When I tried running the shell script manually using the following command > > > '/tmp/QoS/QoS.sh; echo $?' > > > , it worked fine printing 0 at the end. Any help what is wrong with exec > > resource recipe? > > > Thanks in advance for your time. > > > Regards, > > > A. > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Peter Bukowinski <pmb...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> It sounds like you haven't set up the puppet fileserver yet. Choose a > >> directory that will hold files you want to copy to clients. I use > >> /opt/files, so that's what is in my example. Create fileserver.conf in the > >> same directory as puppet.conf and add these lines: > > >> [files] > >> path /opt/files > >> allow *.client.domain > > >> Put your shell file in the path you specified. Now you just need to set up > >> a file and exec resource. Note the source item in the file resource and the > >> require item in exec. > > >> file { '/etc/shell_file': > >> ensure => present, > >> owner => 'root', > >> group => 'root', > >> mode => '0755', > >> source => 'puppet://puppet/files/shell_file', > >> } > > >> exec { '/etc/shell_file': require => File['/etc/shell_file'] } > > >> -- > >> Peter M. Bukowinski > >> Systems Engineer > >> Janelia Farm Research Campus, HHMI > > >> On Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:17 PM, annierana wrote: > > >> > Hi all, I am new to puppet. I need a sample recipe to write/copy a > >> > shell file on puppet client. The shell file exists on puppet server. > >> > Once the file is written, I also want to execute it. I have tried > >> > using file resource with ensure command to copy at /etc but permission > >> > was denied and moreover with a different directory path (\tmp) it just > >> > created an empty file. Can anyone please help? > > >> > Regards, > > >> > A. > > >> > -- > >> > 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. > > -- 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.