Jira (FACT-1900) The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

[Charlie Sharpsteen (JIRA)]

Charlie Sharpsteen created an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2018/12/21 3:45 PM Priority: Minor Reporter: Charlie Sharpsteen Facter has a system32 fact that returns the path to the Windows system directory and accounts for whether a 32-bit process is running on a 64-bit system. The implementation of this fact checks for the existence of the "virtual" C:/Windows/sysnative directory and can be fooled if a user creates that as a real directory. Reproduction case Install Puppet 5.5.8 64-bit on a 64-bit Windows node. Run facter system32 and observe the output. Create the C:/Windows/sysnative directory. Run facter system32 again. Outcome Once the sysnative directory is created, facter returns it as the Windows system directory: PS C:\Users\Administrator> facter system32 C:\Windows\system32 PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-Item -Path C:/Windows/sysnative -ItemType directory     Directory: C:\Windows     Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d----- 12/21/2018 11:44 PM sysnative     PS C:\Users\Administrator> facter system32 C:\Windows\sysnative Expected outcome Facter only returns C:/Windows/sysnative for system32 if it is running as a 32-bit process on a 64-bit system. Add Comment

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[Geoff Nichols (JIRA)]

Geoff Nichols updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Geoff Nichols Team: Windows

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[Eric Thompson (JIRA)]

Eric Thompson commented on FACT-1900

Re: The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory if we know when this will ship, approx, it'd be great if someone could set a fix version. our new process for tickets related to (closed) support escalations is to ensure there is a "Fix Version" set so the related tickets don't languish in backlogs. In particular to this issue, we expect many more customers to use the agent module for upgrades as their deployments EOL.

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[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900

The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Branan Riley Team: Platform OS

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[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Branan Riley Sprint: Platform OS Kanban

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[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley assigned an issue to Branan Riley

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Branan Riley Assignee: Branan Riley

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[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Branan Riley Fix Version/s: FACT 3.11.7

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[Kenn Hussey (JIRA)]

Kenn Hussey commented on FACT-1900

Re: The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory Branan Riley does this imply a 3.12.3 as well (in which case the ticket also needs that fix version)? Please add release notes for this issue if needed, thanks!

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[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900

The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Branan Riley Fix Version/s: FACT 3.12.3

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[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Branan Riley Release Notes: Bug Fix

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[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Branan Riley Release Notes Summary: Facter now correctly returns the path to system32 on 64-bit systems when a user has manually created the "sysnative" folder.

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[Jean Bond (JIRA)]

Jean Bond updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Jean Bond Labels: resolved-issue-added

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[Austin Boyd (JIRA)]

Austin Boyd updated an issue

Facter / FACT-1900 The system32 fact can be confused by an empty directory

Change By: Austin Boyd Zendesk Ticket IDs: 34897 Zendesk Ticket Count: 1

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