Isn't the root account disabled by default on OSX? If you haven't explicitly enabled it, that might be the problem...
On Friday, November 16, 2012 7:51:38 AM UTC-8, Trey Ormsbee wrote: > > Im new to puppet on mac, so i might be doing something wrong... However, > I cannot get puppet to run as the root user. I get messages regarding not > being able to create the required directories. Here is the debug/trace > outbput that I am getting: > > Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUser_role_add: file rolemod does not > exist > Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUseradd: file userdel does not exist > Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderPw: file pw does not exist > Debug: Failed to load library 'ldap' for feature 'ldap' > Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderLdap: feature ldap is missing > Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . -list /Users' > Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . -read /Users/puppet' > Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/plutil -convert xml1 -o /dev/stdout > /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/puppet.plist' > Debug: Converting binary plist to XML > Debug: Executing: 'plutil -convert xml1 -o - -' > Debug: Converting XML values to a hash. > Error: Could not create resources for managing Puppet's files and > directories in sections [:main, :agent, :ssl]: undefined method `string' > for nil:NilClass > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:323:in > `get_password' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:149:in > `generate_attribute_hash' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:177:in > `single_report' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:581:in > `getinfo' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice.rb:200:in `exists?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/type/user.rb:355:in `exists?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:715:in `service_user_available?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings/file_setting.rb:45:in > `use_service_user?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings/file_setting.rb:40:in `owner' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings/file_setting.rb:93:in `to_resource' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:834:in `to_catalog' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:831:in `each' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:831:in `to_catalog' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:891:in `use' > /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/sync.rb:230:in > > `synchronize' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:885:in `use' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application/agent.rb:451:in `setup' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:344:in `run' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:438:in `plugin_hook' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:344:in `run' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/util.rb:500:in `exit_on_fail' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:344:in `run' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/util/command_line.rb:87:in `execute' > /usr/bin/puppet:4 > Error: Could not prepare for execution: Could not create resources for > managing Puppet's files and directories in sections [:main, :agent, :ssl]: > undefined method `string' for nil:NilClass > undefined method `string' for nil:NilClass > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:323:in > `get_password' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:149:in > `generate_attribute_hash' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:177:in > `single_report' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb:581:in > `getinfo' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/provider/nameservice.rb:200:in `exists?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/type/user.rb:355:in `exists?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:715:in `service_user_available?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings/file_setting.rb:45:in > `use_service_user?' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings/file_setting.rb:40:in `owner' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings/file_setting.rb:93:in `to_resource' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:834:in `to_catalog' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:831:in `each' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:831:in `to_catalog' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:891:in `use' > /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/sync.rb:230:in > > `synchronize' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/settings.rb:885:in `use' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application/agent.rb:451:in `setup' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:344:in `run' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:438:in `plugin_hook' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:344:in `run' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/util.rb:500:in `exit_on_fail' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/application.rb:344:in `run' > /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/puppet/util/command_line.rb:87:in `execute' > /usr/bin/puppet:4 > > > Note that running as a regular user works fine... just not as root. Maybe > root is not required to run the puppet agent on mac?? I do not know. I > also see there are some bugs on the issue tracker with similar errors, but > the posters of those bugs dont seem to have the problem of not being able > to start puppet as root. > > Any idea what am missing? > > > -- 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/-/ubpARHuSyzMJ. 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.
