On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 1:46:13 PM UTC-6, Bret Wortman wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:32:24 PM UTC-5, Bret Wortman wrote: >> >> I'm working on setting things up so that I can use Cobbler to kickstart a >> basic system and then use Puppet to roll out the majority of packages based >> on the role a particular system will be playing for us. I've got a >> kickstarter file running (a thinly modified version of the Cobbler >> sample.ks) but after it runs and installs around 444 packages including >> puppet, I get this after booting into the system the first time (and after >> doing the certificate exchange bit): >> >> # puppet agent -t >> Info: Retrieving plugin >> Timed out seeking value for ipaddress >> Timed out seeking value for ipaddress >> Error: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/rpm: No child processes >> Error: Could not autoload puppet/type/package: Could not autlooad >> puppet/provider/package/rpm: No child processes >> Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Could not intern >> from pson: Could not autoload puppet/type/package: Could not autload >> puppet/provider/package/rpm: No child processes >> Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog >> Error: Could not retrieve catalog: skipping run >> # >> >> I've seen notes about ip addresses before, but I can ping, scp, and ssh >> out of the box without issue (and can reach the puppet server, since we >> performed the certificate request-sign-download thing). >> >> Any ideas? >> >> D'Oh. Solved this one myself via > > #chown <#38664afa-359d-43cc-b948-5c828265aba9@googlegroups.com_> -R > puppet:puppet /etc/puppet > > Not sure why the RPM package missed that, but it did. I'm adding a > double-check to my kickstart for this. >
The "puppet" user should not need to own that directory, and it's probably not a good idea for it to do. It should, however, be able to *read* that directory. If you have some policy in place that could have prevented it from reading it or any of its content, then that might explain the problem. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/58EtGNS3KfAJ. 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.
