Public bug reported: I didn't realize this until I started using puppet to manage the open- vm-tools package. Puppet was attempting to run the status function in the init script for the application and the puppet run was failing due to the script returning a 1. The Red Hat init script for the same package has a status, but I'm guessing since the actual process is called "vmtoolsd" and the name of the script/binary is different it requires a somewhat odd status function.
I've written a working status function for this package's init script and asked in #ubuntu irc channel how to submit it and was told to submit a bug report in launchpad. This is on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS with open-vm-tools package 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2 ** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to open-vm-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470588 Title: Init Script does not contain a status function To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1470588/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs