puppet-module-chattr

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Hack to get around Puppet's inability to manage files with the immutable attribute set as described in issue PUP-1199

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Compatibility

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This module is built for use with Puppet v3 with Ruby versions 1.8.7, 1.9.3, and 2.0.0 on all Linux systems.

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Usage

If /etc/no_change is immutable and meant to stay that way, this would remove the immutable attribute allowing you to modify it with a file resource in another class and then add the immutable attribute back.

chattr::attribute_adds:
  '/etc/no_change':
    attribute: 'i'
chattr::attribute_removes:
  '/etc/no_change':
    attribute: 'i'

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Ordering

exec to remove attributes -> all other file, host, and resources types -> exec to add attributes

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Class chattr

Parameters

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attribute_adds

Hash of chattr::attribute_add defines.

• Default: undef

attribute_adds_hiera_merge

Boolean to control merges of all found instances of chattr::attribute_adds Hiera. This is useful for specifying resources at different levels of the hierarchy and having them all included in the catalog.

• Default: true

attribute_removes

Hash of chattr::attribute_remove defines.

• Default: undef

attribute_removes_hiera_merge

Boolean to control merges of all found instances of chattr::attribute_removes Hiera. This is useful for specifying resources at different levels of the hierarchy and having them all included in the catalog.

• Default: true

Define chattr::attribute_add

Parameters

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attribute

chattr attribute to add. See CHATTR(1). Defaults to 'i' for immutable.

• Default: 'i'

Define chattr::attribute_remove

Parameters

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attribute

chattr attribute to remove. See CHATTR(1). Defaults to 'i' for immutable.

• Default: 'i'