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Running CentOS 5.5 with Puppet 0.25.5

I have installed and am using the puppet-sysctl module.

However the following error occurs:

//linux_tuning/Sysctl::Value[net.core.rmem_default] Sysctl[net.core.rmem_default] (err): Failed to retrieve current state of resource: No ability to determine if sysctl exists
//linux_tuning/Sysctl::Value[net.core.rmem_default]/Exec[exec_sysctl_net.core.rmem_default] (notice): Dependency sysctl[net.core.rmem_default] has 1 failures
//linux_tuning/Sysctl::Value[net.core.rmem_default]/Exec[exec_sysctl_net.core.rmem_default] (warning): Skipping because of failed dependencies

sysctl is installed. And /etc/sysctl.conf is present.

Anyone have an idea as to why this is happening and have an idea as to how to fix it?

An excerpt from puppet.conf:

[main]
    vardir = /var/lib/puppet
    logdir = /var/log/puppet
    rundir = /var/run/puppet
    ssldir = $vardir/ssl
    runinterval = 21600
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Can you post your puppet.conf? – Kowh Jul 30 '11 at 1:08
@Kowh Any part in particular or just the whole thing? – Swiss Jul 30 '11 at 1:25
The [main] section in particular. – Kowh Jul 30 '11 at 2:12

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Looks like you need to enable pluginsync:

In puppet.conf:

[main]
pluginsync = true
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This is set under [puppetd], should it be under [main] as well? – Swiss Aug 1 '11 at 18:03
Might as well move it. Putting it under [main] causes it to apply to all puppet executables, making the other entry redundant. – Kowh Aug 1 '11 at 23:11
This module is poorly documented. I've been trying to figure out how to integrate it into my install. – ewwhite Feb 20 '12 at 14:55

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