Jira (PUP-11135) Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': Cannot manage files of type socket

[Bartosz Blizniak (Jira)]

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Bartosz Blizniak created an issue   Puppet / PUP-11135 Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': Cannot manage files of type socket Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 7.6.0 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Type System Created: 2021/06/30 1:40 AM Labels: customer Priority: Normal Reporter: Bartosz Blizniak Puppet Version: 7.6.0 Puppet Server Version: 2019.8.5 OS Name/Version: Rhel 8 on Agent The customer is facing an issue with managing socket files on his system using the `FILE` resource in his custom module. I have managed to replicate the issue by installing netcat on my VM and creating a .socket file by running:  nc -lkU aSocket.sock Not all socket files have this extension but they share the same file type which starts with "S" e.g:  srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 29 11:15 aSocket.sock Puppet doesn't seem to know how to handle this type of file and throws an error:  Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': Cannot manage files of type socket **Customer code:   file { '/root': ensure => directory, owner => 'root', recurse => true, recurselimit => '2', require => User['root'], }     Steps to replicate: 1. Install netcat  2. Run:  nc -lkU /tmp/aSocket.sock 3. Insert the following into  /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/site.pp file {'/tmp': ensure => directory, owner => root, recurse => true, } 4. Run:  puppet apply -v --noop "/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/site.pp"   The only way to currently get around this is to add the file to Ignore parameter but from what I can see, not all files have the .sock extension, the only thing that matches is the file type.  Desired Behavior: Handle socket file types  Actual Behavior: Throws an error   Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.13.2#813002-sha1:c495a97) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.405180.1625042418000.69703.1625042460054%40Atlassian.JIRA.