Josh, I'm glad we were able to get you going. However it is slightly troubling to see that the service flips to automatic after running puppet agent.
Also are you overriding the user the agent installed as to a non-administrative user? On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Josh D <joshuadavid...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Monday, January 27, 2014 4:15:12 PM UTC-7, Rob Reynolds wrote: >> >> You should be able to take ownership of the directory you cannot delete >> as an administrator. Once you have done that you should be able to move >> forward with deleting those. I think the prior install attempts might have >> botched something and that directory is not removed. >> >> > Ok, have some good news to report. First, uninstalling and blowing away > C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs resulted in the original error when performing a > clean uninstall. However, we did find one combination that worked. > > #1. Uninstall and ensure C:\ProgramData is absent > #2. Install with PUPPET_AGENT_STARTUP_MODE=Manual > #3. Following installation and *BEFORE* attempting to run puppet agent > service, run puppet agent as admin. > > By running "puppet agent" not only did it run to completion unlike past > attempts following a failed start of the service, it also mysteriously > changed the puppet agent startup mode to automatic and now the puppet > service works. > > In the past when we followed steps #1 and #2 and attempted to start the > service following installation, the service failed to start and broke the > client due to permissions. By running the client before the service, > everything is fine and dandy. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/bafcdc5d-68b3-4bd1-9236-3d51398fda94%40googlegroups.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Rob Reynolds Developer, Puppet Labs Join us at PuppetConf 2014, September 23-24 in San Francisco - http://bit.ly/pupconf14 Register now and save 40%! Offer expires January 31st. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAMJiBK4g-%2BdWbtYk9j%2BPDZWyDvhb%3DYxKLk8cgi%3DQwLaGyCnUTA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.