Hi, On 01/31/2012 12:05 AM, Richard K. Miller wrote: > I get the following syslog error when this runs: > (/Stage[main]/Dropbox::Service/Service[dropbox]/ensure) change from > stopped to running failed: Could not start Service[dropbox]: Execution > of '/etc/init.d/dropbox start' returned 1: at /etc/puppet/modules/ > dropbox/manifests/init.pp:14 > > However, if I run the above command manually, it works fine and > returns 0: > > root@webhost:~# /etc/init.d/dropbox start ; echo $? > Starting dropbox... > 0
it's a long shot, but there might be a problem related to the environment when puppet runs the initscript. Try the "start" command with a clean environment. Side question: When you're trying that, is the service actually stopped? Is puppet deducing that much correctly? Cheers, Felix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.