[Puppet Users] Re: Environment variable access inside an exec
You could also use augeas to manage those options. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Mike Renfro wrote: > > On 6/4/2009 5:59 PM, Brandon Whalen wrote: > > I've spent some time looking at the example recipes and reading the docs > on > > a problem, but I'm still stumped. I'm trying to add some options to my > fstab > > and am finding some problems. I'm using the environment option to create > an > > environment variable MNT_OPTS that I then reference as part of a sed > call. > > I'm finding that MNT_OPTS is empty when I reference it. My exact code is > > below. > > Unless you're specifically trying to add options to whatever /home entry > already exists, you might want to use the builtin mount type. I know > you can use it to specify all the mount options, but I'm not sure if you > can use the '+>' operator to add options to whatever exists. > > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference#mount > > -- > Mike Renfro / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research, > 931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Puppet Users] Re: Environment variable access inside an exec
On 6/4/2009 5:59 PM, Brandon Whalen wrote: > I've spent some time looking at the example recipes and reading the docs on > a problem, but I'm still stumped. I'm trying to add some options to my fstab > and am finding some problems. I'm using the environment option to create an > environment variable MNT_OPTS that I then reference as part of a sed call. > I'm finding that MNT_OPTS is empty when I reference it. My exact code is > below. Unless you're specifically trying to add options to whatever /home entry already exists, you might want to use the builtin mount type. I know you can use it to specify all the mount options, but I'm not sure if you can use the '+>' operator to add options to whatever exists. http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference#mount -- Mike Renfro / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research, 931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Puppet Users] Re: Environment variable access inside an exec
2009/6/4 Brandon Whalen :
>
> I've spent some time looking at the example recipes and reading the docs on
> a problem, but I'm still stumped. I'm trying to add some options to my fstab
> and am finding some problems. I'm using the environment option to create an
> environment variable MNT_OPTS that I then reference as part of a sed call.
> I'm finding that MNT_OPTS is empty when I reference it. My exact code is
> below.
>
> #nosuid, nodev, and acl on /home
> exec { "sed -i 's/\( \/home.*${MNT_OPTS}\)/\1,nosuid,nodev,acl/'
> /etc/fstab":
> onlyif => "test `grep ' \/home ' /etc/fstab | grep -c nosuid` -eq 0",
> environment => "MNT_OPTS=`grep ' \/home ' /etc/fstab | awk '{print
> $4}'`";
> }
>
>
> Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong and tell me what I need to do to
> fix it or point me at some examples.
Puppet is likely trying to find the value of MNT_OPTS before it hands
it off to the shell. Give it a a go with escaping it, same with that
$4 in your awk.
.r'
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