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  1. Puppet
  2. PUP-4394

Regression: Webrick fails to start if the puppet user and group don't exist

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Normal
    • Resolution: Done
    • PUP 4.0.0
    • PUP 4.1.0
    • None
    • None
    • 2
    • Client 2015-04-29

    Description

      If you install puppet-agent and try to start webrick, it will attempt to switch to the puppet user and group, and fail, because the puppet-agent package no longer creates these accounts.

      [root@yvf37tnj11yfmn1 ~]# puppet master --verbose --no-daemonize
      		 
      Warning: could not change to group "puppet": Invalid group: puppet
      		 
      could not change to group "puppet"
      		 
      Could not change to user puppet: Invalid user: puppet

      The desired behavior is that puppet's webrick code should not switch uid/gid to a non-existent account.

      To work around the issue, specify the puppet user and group to accounts that are known to exist, either in puppet.conf, command line, etc:

      [root@yvf37tnj11yfmn1 ~]# puppet master --verbose --no-daemonize --user root --group root
      		 
      Notice: Starting Puppet master version 4.0.0

      This was not discovered earlier because we have only been testing webrick on hosts where puppetserver is installed, and that package does create the puppet user and group.

      Risk Assessment: low (but already verified)
      Probability: low (webrick)
      Impact: low (obvious problem, existing warnings/errors)
      Test Layer: Unit/Integration

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          relates to

          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue PUP-4441 Create test to show that Webrick doesn't start if the "puppet" user and group do not exist

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. PUP-4435 Deprecate Puppet WEBrick and Rack servers

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Closed

          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue PUP-4317 Smoke test packages

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Resolved

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-5317 Master should return 74 when puppet user doesn't exist

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-4453 too many warnings/errors when master can't start due to no puppet user/group

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Closed
          links to

          Web Link PR 3850

          Web Link Test Rail test case ID C64700

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              josh Josh Cooper
              Kurt Wall Kurt Wall
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