Thanks Bruce -- setting both path and cwd fixed the problem.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Bruce Richardson <itsbr...@workshy.org>wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 02:36:42PM +0000, Martin Harrigan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am using Puppet to execute an Expect script (
> http://expect.sourceforge.net)
> > on a client. The Puppet recipe, test.pp, is:
> >
> > exec { '/root/test.exp':
> >   command => '/root/test.exp',
> >   logoutput => true
> > }
> >
> >
> > Is there any difference in the way Puppet executes a recipe using 'puppet
> > --debug --verbose' compared to using puppetd?
>
> One issue will be the path.  You really do need to set a path for exec
> with a minimum of '/bin/' on it so that puppetd can find /bin/sh, in my
> experience.  When you run puppet rather than puppetd, it's inheriting
> your environment with your path.
>
> --
> Bruce
>
> It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
> his head smells.
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