On 12.07.2013 20:06, Dan White wrote: > I am getting into managing user accounts with Puppet - and having a blast ! > > I stumbled on this and wanted to ask: > > If I type : I get: > puppet resource user The expected puppet list of all the logins. > puppet resource file Error: Could not run: Listing all file > instances is not supported. > Please specify a file or directory, e.g. > puppet resource file /etc > puppet resource file /etc/passwd A puppet resource as I would expect > > HOWEVER ! > If I type "puppet resource ssh_authorized_key" I get nothing. No error, no > output. Bupkis ! > > I even tried the model of the file resource and tried: > puppet resource ssh_authorized_key <name of a resource I defined and realized> > ...and still got nothing. > > Is this expected behavior or what ?
`puppet resource` does only work for a limited set of resource types: a) there is such a thing as a list of resources (e.g. it does not work for the exec resource type because you can execute endless combinations of commands) b) the list can be generate without any additional information The first one is obvious I guess. The second one is more important here: If I ask puppet about users, puppet can get a list pretty easily (in the end it is like running `getent passwd` on the commandline). If you ask for a list of ssh keys: How should puppet know where to look for ssh keys? -Stefan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
