What about just doing: if ($operatingsystemrelease <= 5.4) { $sudo_template = "system/sudoers_V54.erb" } else { $sudo_template = "system/sudoers.erb" }
class basic_dev::files { file { "/etc/sudoers": owner => root, group => root, mode => 0440, content => template($sudo_template), backup => ".bak" } Seems legit at least ;) On Dec 17, 2010, at 3:51 PM, CraftyTech wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm not able to do an if/then statement within a file resource > declaration. I'm basically trying to distinguish between OS release, so that > I can assign an appropriate template. This is what I have: > > class basic_dev::files { > file { "/etc/sudoers": > owner => root, > group => root, > mode => 0440, > if $operatingsystemrelease <= 5.4 then { > content => template("system/sudoers_V54.erb")}, > else { > content => template("system/sudoers.erb")}, > backup => ".bak" > } > For some reason is not working. I keep on getting error: "Could not retrieve > catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Syntax error at 'if'; > expected '}' " > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.