External fact script provided by module not parsing on CentOS6

[Roan O'Sullivan]

I think it's a permissions issue, but not sure how to best resolve. 

On CentOS6 the plugin sync sets file mode for external fact script (/var/opt/lib/pe-puppet/facts.d/myfacts.sh) to 0644, and then agent (or standalone puppet) reports that the file "parsed but returned an empty data set":

[root@foo ~]# puppet apply -e 'notice($mypkg_installed)' --environment development

Fact file /var/opt/lib/pe-puppet/facts.d/myfacts.sh was parsed but returned an empty data set

Notice: Scope(Class[main]):

Notice: Compiled catalog for foo.local in environment development in 0.01 seconds

Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.13 seconds

[root@foo ~]#

If I "chmod a+x" the script then the fact parses successfully:

[root@foo ~]# chmod a+x /var/opt/lib/pe-puppet/facts.d/myfacts.sh
[root@foo ~]# puppet apply -e 'notice($mypkg_installed)' --environment development
Notice: Scope(Class[main]): true
Notice: Compiled catalog for foo.local in environment development in 0.01 seconds
Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.14 seconds
[root@foo ~]#

But the agent will always reset the file mode back to 0644. 

If anyone has suggestions on either preventing Puppet agent from reverting the fact script's permissions to 0644, OR getting the parser to resolve the facts without making the script executable, would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[Roan O'Sullivan]

Seems like this may be a regression: https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-2705

PUP-2705 was closed and marked as fixed in PUP 3.6.2. However this same issue is occurring in PE 3.8.1.

[Josh Cooper]

Hi Roan,

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Can you verify that the executable fact on the master is executable?

Josh

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[Roan O'Sullivan]

Hmmm ... seems like the issue here may be r10k deploy. I've explicitly set +x on the file in Git repo, but "r10k deploy environment" does not update the file permissions.