Hmm... it's enabled on mine, this is an upgrade from 10.7 if that matters.
On Friday, November 16, 2012 11:18:03 AM UTC-6, Ellison Marks wrote: > > 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/-/0pCHmeyNfXsJ. 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.
