I thought it might too, but turns out probably not: https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11449
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 06:22:45AM -0700, dkoleary wrote: > Hey; > Thanks; yes, that was a typo. Responding from an ipad on a shaky > surface... bit surprised that was the only one. > Any rate, I now have fact scripts in /etc/facter/facts.d > $ ltree /etc/facter/facts.d > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 May 28 08:07 /etc/facter/facts.d > drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 May 28 08:06 /etc/facter > drwxr-xr-x. 122 root root 12288 May 28 08:06 /etc > A cleaned up root debug facter run shows that root is hitting all three > directories: > sudo facter --debug env 2>&1 > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.053089 INFO puppetlabs.facter - executed with command > line: --debug env. > [[snip]] > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.079647 INFO puppetlabs.facter - requested queries: > env. > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.079776 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - fact "facterversion" > has resolved to "3.2.0". > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.080092 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - searching > "/opt/puppetlabs/facter/facts.d" for external facts. > [[snip]] > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.091406 DEBUG | - env=tst > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.091561 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - fact "env" has > resolved to "tst". > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.091700 DEBUG leatherman.execution:555 - process exited > with status code 0. > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.091785 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - completed resolving > facts from executable file "/opt/puppetlabs/facter/facts.d/hosts". > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.091933 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - searching > "/etc/facter/facts.d" for external facts. > [[snip]] > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.103835 DEBUG | - env=tst > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.103998 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - fact "env" has > changed from "tst" to "tst". > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.104163 DEBUG leatherman.execution:555 - process exited > with status code 0. > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.104294 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - completed resolving > facts from executable file "/etc/facter/facts.d/hosts". > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.104428 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - searching > "/etc/puppetlabs/facter/facts.d" for external facts. > [[snip]] > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.116165 DEBUG | - env=tst > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.116332 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - fact "env" has > changed from "tst" to "tst". > 2016-05-28 08:11:41.116493 DEBUG leatherman.execution:555 - process exited > with status code 0. > Does emphasize the point that I should have those in one and only one of > those directories... > Following is the same debug run (with nothing snipped) from a non-root > user showing that it's not hitting any of those directories: > $ facter --debug env > 2016-05-28 08:16:03.979516 INFO puppetlabs.facter - executed with command > line: --debug env. > 2016-05-28 08:16:03.980478 INFO leatherman.ruby:133 - ruby loaded from > "/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/libruby.so.2.1.0". > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.006387 INFO leatherman.ruby:182 - using ruby version > 2.1.9 > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.006507 INFO puppetlabs.facter - requested queries: > env. > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.006616 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - fact "facterversion" > has resolved to "3.2.0". > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.006961 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - skipping external > facts for "/home/doug.oleary/.puppetlabs/opt/facter/facts.d": No such file > or directory > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.007032 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - skipping external > facts for "/home/doug.oleary/.facter/facts.d": No such file or directory > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.007065 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - no external facts > were found. > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.007681 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - loading all custom > facts. > 2016-05-28 08:16:04.007756 DEBUG puppetlabs.facter - fact "env" does not > exist. > It looks like facter, run as a non-root user, is limited to personal home > directories. So, rephrasing the original question: is there some way to > tell non-root facter runs to use the standard directories without having > to add '--external-dir' everytime? > Thanks for the responses. > Doug O'Leary > On Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 7:18:13 AM UTC-5, Christopher Wood wrote: > > Just to confirm that's a typo below? 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