Thanks for the help Brian, I installed *libshadow-ruby1.8* however it still failed to update, however this time I ran in debug mode:
*vagrant@precise64:/tmp$ sudo puppet apply --verbose --debug main.ppwarning: Could not retrieve fact fqdndebug: Failed to load library 'shadow' for feature 'libshadow'debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderPw: file pw does not existdebug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderLdap: true value when expecting falsedebug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUser_role_add: file rolemod does not existdebug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderDirectoryservice: file /usr/bin/dscl does not existdebug: /User[test5]: Provider useradd does not support features manages_passwords; not managing attribute passworddebug: Creating default schedulesdebug: Failed to load library 'selinux' for feature 'selinux'debug: Failed to load library 'ldap' for feature 'ldap'debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/client_data]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/state]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/graphs]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/state]debug: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/private]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/run]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/log]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/clientbucket]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl]debug: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/certs]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_report.yaml]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/state]debug: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/client_yaml]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/state]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/facts]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet]debug: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl]debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml]/mode: mode changed '0640' to '0660'debug: Finishing transaction 70361834010940debug: Loaded state in 0.00 secondsdebug: Loaded state in 0.00 secondsinfo: Applying configuration version '1398300274'debug: /Schedule[daily]: Skipping device resources because running on a hostdebug: /Schedule[monthly]: Skipping device resources because running on a hostdebug: /Schedule[hourly]: Skipping device resources because running on a hostdebug: /Schedule[never]: Skipping device resources because running on a hostdebug: User[test5](provider=useradd): Executing '/usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/bash test5'notice: /User[test5]/ensure: createddebug: /User[test5]: The container Class[Main] will propagate my refresh eventdebug: /Schedule[weekly]: Skipping device resources because running on a hostdebug: /Schedule[puppet]: Skipping device resources because running on a hostdebug: Class[Main]: The container Stage[main] will propagate my refresh eventdebug: Finishing transaction 70361834425240debug: Storing statedebug: Stored state in 0.00 secondsnotice: Finished catalog run in 0.05 secondsdebug: Finishing transaction 70361834090100debug: Received report to process from precise64debug: Processing report from precise64 with processor Puppet::Reports::Store* I did notice that there was a another package (libshadow-ruby1.8:i386) but I think that is for 32 bit, I am running 64 bit ubuntu. On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 5:30:07 PM UTC-5, Brian Mathis wrote: > > The issue you have is that Puppet is not updating the /etc/shadow file, > but even once it's doing that correctly, Method 1 still will not work. The > sha1() and md5() functions do not produce passwd/shadow compatible values > because that is not what they are for. Generating encrypted passwords is > more complex than a simple hash of the password. > > Method 2 *should* work, but since it's not, you have something else going > on. Have you tried to apply the manifest using debug and/or verbose mode? > > I will guess that you're missing the ruby-shadow package, which Puppet > needs to manage those files. Check your package provider and/or gem to make > sure you have it installed. > > > ❧ Brian Mathis > > -- 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/4cb19f68-c3a8-40e8-8fb0-71b993eb1cfc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.