sysctl gives returned error 255 first time about puppet-augeasproviders HOT 14 CLOSED

Just tested with version 0.7.0 and it works fine, perhaps to be related with;

* sysctl: ignore whitespace inside values during comparisons, fixes #50

#50

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@sheijmans do you mean it's broken on the current version, but working on an older one?

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@domcleal yes it is broken in the current version (v1.0.0) for the above manifest, it works in v0.7.0.

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Thanks for confirming. Which OS is this?

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This was on RHEL64, I will also check it on RHEL59.

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On RHEL59 it also works with v0.7.0 and with v1.0.0 the same message as on RHEL64 but the second time you run it, it doesn't work as it does on RHEL64.

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I'm running into this same issue on ubuntu 12.04 with v1.0.0. It does not clear itself up.

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Error: Execution of '/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.shmall="4194304"' returned 255: error: "Invalid argument" setting key "kernel.shmall"

Error: /Stage[main]/Profile::Nbuild::Postgresql::Server/Sysctl[kernel.shmall]/value: change from 4194304 to 4194304 failed: Execution of '/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.shmall="4194304"' returned 255: error: "Invalid argument" setting key "kernel.shmall"
Error: Execution of '/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.shmmax="17179869184"' returned 255: error: "Invalid argument" setting key "kernel.shmmax"

Error: /Stage[main]/Profile::Nbuild::Postgresql::Server/Sysctl[kernel.shmmax]/value: change from 17179869184 to 17179869184 failed: Execution of '/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.shmmax="17179869184"' returned 255: error: "Invalid argument" setting key "kernel.shmmax"

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Ah, this works in a shell because the shell will parse the quotes and remove them when executing the command. In Puppet, it's running the command directly and passing the quotes straight into the arguments.

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Ok, I'll make a PR for this as it's affecting me right now :)

give me a few minutes!

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+1

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+1

One workaround I've found is setting apply => false and notify => Exec['reload sysctl'] and defining an Exec to apply sysctl.conf

  exec { 'reload sysctl':
    command     => 'sysctl -p',
    refreshonly => true,
    path        => '/sbin/:/usr/sbin/:/usr/bin/:/bin/',
  }

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+1

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Thanks for all the reports, and to @kitchen for fixing the bug. Sorry it took me ages to release.

I've just put out v1.0.1, but hit an error uploading to the Forge, so in the meantime, grab it from GitHub releases here:

https://github.com/hercules-team/augeasproviders/releases/tag/v1.0.1
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeasproviders/releases/download/v1.0.1/domcleal-augeasproviders-1.0.1.tar.gz

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