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

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