Jira (PUP-10814) Impossible to systemctl mask non-existing service

[Steve Traylen (Jira)]

Steve Traylen created an issue

Puppet / PUP-10814 Impossible to systemctl mask non-existing service Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 6.15.0 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Catalog Application Created: 2020/12/08 4:10 AM Environment:     // code placeholder Priority: Normal Reporter: Steve Traylen Puppet Version: 6.15.0 Puppet Server Version: 6.15.0 OS Name/Version: CentOS 8 puppet apply the following snippet service{'non-existing.service':    ensure => mask, } results in.  Error: Could not disable foobar.service: Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Service[non-existing.service]/enable: change from 'false' to 'mask' failed: Could not disable foobar.service:   Desired Behavior: A service can be masked irrespective of if the unit exists. systemctl mask non-existing.service Unit non-existing.service does not exist, proceeding anyway. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/non-existing.service → /dev/null. and this is desirable since you want to mask things to stop a vendor setting winning later. puppet should proceed with the above mask for a non-existant service.   Actual Behavior: The non-existant unit is not masked. Add Comment

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[Steve Traylen (Jira)]

Steve Traylen updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-10814 Impossible to systemctl mask non-existing service

Change By: Steve Traylen *Puppet Version: 6.15.0* *Puppet Server Version: 6.15.0* *OS Name/Version: CentOS 8*

puppet apply the following snippet

{noformat}

service{'non-existing.service':    ensure => mask, }

{noformat} results in.  {noformat} Error: Could not disable foobar non-existing .service:

Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Service[non-existing.service]/enable: change from 'false' to 'mask' failed: Could not disable foobar.service:

{noformat}   *Desired Behavior:*

A service can be masked irrespective of if the unit exists.

{noformat}

systemctl mask non-existing.service Unit non-existing.service does not exist, proceeding anyway. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/non-existing.service → /dev/null.

{noformat}

and this  is desirable since you want to mask things to stop a vendor setting winning later. puppet should proceed with the above mask for a non-existant service.

*Actual Behavior:*

The non-existant unit is not masked.

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[Josh Cooper (Jira)]

Josh Cooper commented on PUP-10814

Re: Impossible to systemctl mask non-existing service We've had issues in the past with different behavior across platforms for non-existent services, see PUP-7191, PUP-7040, PUP-41.

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[Mihai Buzgau (Jira)]

Mihai Buzgau updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-10814

Impossible to systemctl mask non-existing service

Change By: Mihai Buzgau Labels: help_wanted

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[Mihai Buzgau (Jira)]

Mihai Buzgau commented on PUP-10814

Re: Impossible to systemctl mask non-existing service Thank you for filing this issue. We agree it is likely an improvement, but due to other issues demanding precedence, we don’t anticipate being able to address this any time soon. If you are interested in submitting a patch to the repository for this project at https://github.com/puppetlabs, please open a pull request.

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