exec command: command works on cli, but not via puppet

[hohum]

I'm a noob.  I'm wondering if I'm doing something fundamentally wrong and am looking for some debugging advise.

I get an error that the exec command failed because it returned 1 instead of 0 but when I copy the command puppet outputs as an error, and paste that into a shell it works perfectly.  The command's syntax is this:

/usr/bin/mysql -uroot -ppass < /path/to/sqlfile.sql # obviously not exactly the same

an exit code of 1 is "Operation not permitted"

I have temporarily disabled selinux.  puppet can create files owned by root in directories that only root can create them, so it shouldn't be a permissions problem.

Any ideas are very welcome.


Marc

[hohum]

solved:

cat /path/to/sqlfile.sql | /usr/bin/mysql -uroot -ppass

works.  Obviously some issue with the redirection.

[Ryan Coleman]

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:18 PM, hohum <ma...@marcsnet.com> wrote:
> I get an error that the exec command failed because it returned 1 instead of
> 0 but when I copy the command puppet outputs as an error, and paste that
> into a shell it works perfectly.  The command's syntax is this:

Hi,

After you run your command in your shell, try running the following
command: echo $?

This will echo back the return code of the previous command, which I
suspect will be 1. Just because a command doesn't return any output
doesn't mean it exited 0.

If it turns out that the exit code of 1 (or whatever) is what you'd
like to consider success, you can tell Puppet what return code should
indicate success with the returns parameter:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#exec

HTH!

--Ryan

[Gary Larizza]

If Ryan's solution doesn't work, can you paste the Puppet code you're using for the exec?  It might also be that the redirection you're trying to do requires that "provider => shell" be set.

 

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