On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 04:02:22PM +0100, R.I.Pienaar wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > > > I modified the rc script to run as a user. > > But now I'm facing the following problem: > > I have to include some nasty puppet code for adding the service > > before i can use the service resource type. > > And the service resource type returns ok, but the service is in fact > > not started. > > When i do it manually, it requires a password for that user. > > So, I tried to manage the user with puppet and provided a password, > > but get the message: > > Provider useradd does not support features manages_passwords; not > > managing attribute password > > I know this is a problem with Puppet and CentOS, but I have > > ruby-shadow and shadow-utils installed on my CentOS 6.0 VM. > > > > > > I also don't know if this is going to help with starting the service. > > I want to use the service type to start the service with a specific > > user, but without asking for a password. > > you should use su in your script to switch users to the one the service > should run as.
Actually, runuser is better than su for use in init scripts. -- 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.
