The audit -> exec trigger was one that I hadn't thought about really and is
a valid use case. However, that does scream that a custom type is needed.

Trevor

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Corey Osman <co...@logicminds.biz> wrote:

> I have actually used audit quite extensively at a previous client.
> Although most of that requirement can be replaced with a custom type and
> provider.  It was definitely good to use for triggering exec calls.
> On Sep 14, 2015 4:15 AM, <puppet-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> Do you use Audit attribute or "puppet inspect" ?
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>> Jo Rhett <jrh...@netconsonance.com>: Sep 14 02:01AM -0700
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>> I have numerous clients using the audit attribute to track changes to
>> files not managed by Puppet. This provides tripwire-like functionality for
>> observing changes to files not directly managed by Puppet. It also allows
>> for backing up each version of the file to the file bucket.
>>
>> Therefore I was a bit shocked to find that they planned to drop support
>> for this entirely, as per https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-893 <
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>> functionality provided for tripwire-like tracking of resource changes,
>> please add your comments to this issue.
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>> Puppet 3 or Puppet 4 versions, you may want to track
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>> Trevor Vaughan <tvaug...@onyxpoint.com>: Sep 14 05:45AM -0400
>>
>> Honestly, I don't know of anyone using the audit functionality. However, I
>> have only really dealt with Operating Systems that have excellent
>> real-time
>> Audit subsystems built in.
>>
>> Also, using Puppet to audit large recursive directories is quite slow and
>> will bloat your catalog to no end.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Trevor
>>
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