Anyone else having issues with this, I managed to find a fix although more of a dirty workaround.
The issue stems from a malformed puppet user with improper password. I was able to copy the plist file from a known good machine (location /var/db/dslocal/node/Default/users/puppet.plist) And everything started to work. On Monday, August 4, 2014 4:21:45 PM UTC-4, Lars Cromley wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > I have a few machines, about 8 out of 60 or so machines that have issues > modifying a user. > > The machines are running 10.9.4 and have always been on 10.9+, puppet > version 3.6.2, and facter 2.1.0 > > > When I attempt to run puppet resource user *username:* > > Host1:~ root# puppet resource user ladmin > *Error: Could not run: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass* > > When I run puppet agent -t: > > Error: /Stage[main]/IT_admin_user::IT_admin_user/User[ladmin]/groups: > change from absent to _appserveradm,_appserverusr,_lpadmin,admin failed: > undefined method `split' for :absent:Symbol > > > > full output from host: > > *root# puppet resource user itadmin --debug --trace* > *Debug: Failed to load library 'shadow' for feature 'libshadow'* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUseradd: file useradd does not exist* > *Debug: Failed to load library 'ldap' for feature 'ldap'* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderLdap: feature ldap is missing* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderPw: file pw does not exist* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUser_role_add: file useradd does not > exist* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUseradd: file useradd does not exist* > *Debug: Failed to load library 'ldap' for feature 'ldap'* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderLdap: feature ldap is missing* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderPw: file pw does not exist* > *Debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUser_role_add: file useradd does not > exist* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . readall /Users'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_amavisd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . readall /Groups'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_appleevents > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_appowner > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_appserver > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_ard ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_assetcache > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_atsserver > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_avbdeviced > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_calendar > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_ces ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_clamav > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_coreaudiod > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_coremediaiod > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_cvmsroot > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_cvs ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_cyrus > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_devdocs > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_devicemgr > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_dovecot > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_dovenull > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_dpaudio > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_eppc > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_ftp ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_geod > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_installassistant > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_installer > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_jabber > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_kadmin_admin > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_kadmin_changepw > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_krb_anonymous > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_krb_changepw > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_krb_kadmin > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_krb_kerberos > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_krb_krbtgt > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_krbtgt > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_launchservicesd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_lda ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_locationd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_lp ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_mailman > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_mcxalr > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_mdnsresponder > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_mysql > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_netbios > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_netstatistics > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_networkd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_postfix > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_postgres > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_qtss > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_sandbox > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_screensaver > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_scsd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_securityagent > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_serialnumberd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_softwareupdate > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_spotlight > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_sshd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_svn ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_taskgated > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_teamsserver > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_timezone > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_tokend > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read > /Users/_trustevaluationagent ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_unknown > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_update_sharing > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_usbmuxd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_uucp > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_warmd > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_webauthserver > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_windowserver > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_www ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_xcsbuildagent > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/_xcscredserver > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/daemon > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/itadmin > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Converting binary plist to XML* > *Debug: Executing: 'plutil -convert xml1 -o - -'* > *Debug: Converting XML values to a hash.* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/lshi ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Converting binary plist to XML* > *Debug: Executing: 'plutil -convert xml1 -o - -'* > *Debug: Converting XML values to a hash.* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/nobody > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/dscl -plist . read /Users/puppet > ShadowHashData'* > *Debug: Converting binary plist to XML* > *Debug: Executing: 'plutil -convert xml1 -o - -'* > *Debug: Converting XML values to a hash.* > *Error: Could not run: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb:229:in > `get_salted_sha512_pbkdf2'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb:154:in > `generate_attribute_hash'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb:87:in `block > in instances'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb:86:in > `collect'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb:86:in > `instances'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/type.rb:1135:in `block in instances'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/type.rb:1128:in `collect'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/type.rb:1128:in `instances'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/indirector/resource/ral.rb:15:in `find'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb:201:in `find'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/application/resource.rb:214:in > `find_or_save_resources'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/application/resource.rb:143:in `main'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/application.rb:379:in `run_command'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/application.rb:371:in `block (2 levels) in run'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/application.rb:477:in `plugin_hook'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/application.rb:371:in `block in run'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/util.rb:479:in `exit_on_fail'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/application.rb:371:in `run'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/util/command_line.rb:137:in `run'* > */Library/Ruby/Site/puppet/util/command_line.rb:91:in `execute'* > */usr/bin/puppet:8:in `<main>'* > > > > I thought it might have something to do with password encryption, but I > have looked all over and am lost. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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