I tested this and the match is working OK. What I got from what you posted is the following:
Error: Failed to apply catalog: Validation of File_line[password policy change] failed: When providing a 'match' parameter, the value must be a regex that matches against the value of your 'line' parameter at /etc/puppet/modules/test_module/manifests/init.pp:14 Wrapped exception: When providing a 'match' parameter, the value must be a regex that matches against the value of your 'line' parameter Once I took the line break out of the "line =>" you posted, the change worked fine. line => 'password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=8 difok=5 dcredit=-1 lcredit=-1 ucredit=-1 ocredit=-1' Kent On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:34 AM, eliran shlomo <eliranshl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to replace line inside a file with file_line. > > file_line { 'password policy change': > ensure => present, > path => '/tmp/test', > match => 'password.*requisite.*cracklib\.so.*', > line => 'password requisite > pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=8 difok=5 dcredit=-1 lcredit=-1 > ucredit=-1 ocredit=-1' > } > > but it keeping failing > Error: Failed to apply catalog: Validation of File_line[password policy > change] failed: When providing a 'match' parameter, the value must be a > regex that matches against the value of your 'line' parameter at > /etc/puppet/environments/common/pci/manifests/init.pp:20 > > Please advice. > > > > -- > 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/ad28d01f-fabc-4fc1-aa80-795bb1579a4e%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/ad28d01f-fabc-4fc1-aa80-795bb1579a4e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kent Brede -- 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/CA%2BnSE3_a1KM4KTtAjR3Wj6xHV9og_7nQtnyizUv2MvvmSNpDKQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.