Jackie: Please post your 1.) puppet.conf, OS Relase, and version of puppet.
2.) uname -a 3.) pkg_info |grep puppet Can you check the ps output to make sure there wasn't already a running puppet. Do you have any jails on the machine that may be running puppet as well and causing PID confusion? Thanks, -dkw On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:50:10AM -0400, Christopher Wood wrote: > I couldn't say, perhaps different versions? Or run with more verbosity and > see what both versions are doing. > > Puppet 2.6.2 on Debian Stable (6.0.4): > > "Enable the most common options used for testing. These are +onetime+, > +verbose+, +ignorecache, +no-daemonize+, and +no-usecacheonfailure+." > > Puppet 2.7.6 on FreeBSD (9.0-RELEASE): > > "Enable the most common options used for testing. These are 'onetime', > 'verbose', 'ignorecache', 'no-daemonize', 'no-usecacheonfailure', > 'detailed-exit-codes', 'no-splay', and 'show_diff'." > > I'm not sure it matters as long as you can get a onetime run. Dig into the > ruby code if it's really bothering you, of course. > > As to Darryl's comment in another branch, I haven't needed more than > no-daemonize, verbose, and debug to solve all my problems so far. > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:27:19AM -0400, JA wrote: > > Thanks so much! > > > > However, I am a bit stumped and would so appreciate any clarity you can > > provide. > > > > If I execute 'puppet agent --test' on a RHEL box, it does not start > > the daemon. But, if I do the same thing using the FreeBSD port, it > > does attempt to start the daemon. > > > > Obviously, I am missing something here... > > > > Thanks! > > Jackie > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Christopher Wood > > <christopher_w...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > (I'm just starting with FreeBSD, albeit with some months of puppet > > > experience.) > > > > > > The puppet agent implies a daemon, but try something like this for a > > > single run in the foreground: > > > > > > puppet agent --no-daemonize --onetime > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 07:31:14AM -0400, JA wrote: > > >> I have installed puppet using the FreeBSD port. ?However, when I try > > >> to use the agent, it attempts to start the puppetd daemon. ?It seems > > >> that there is no way to use this installation without running the > > >> daemon. ?Can anyone shed any light on this? > > >> > > >> Thank you! > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
