Puppet Error err Stage main Exec C tmp foo exe returns change from notrun to 0 failed CreateProcess failed Access is denied

Question

While using Puppet Enterprise with windows, There's an error as shown below:

err: /Stage[main]//Exec[C:/tmp/foo.exe]/returns: change from notrun to 0 failed: CreateProcess() failed: Access is denied.

Please help.

Answer 1

This error occurs when requesting an executable from a remote Puppet master that cannot be executed.

Set the user/group executable bits appropriately on the master:

file { "C:/tmp/foo.exe": 
source => "puppet:///modules/foo/foo.exe",
 } 
exec { 'C:/tmp/foo.exe': 
logoutput => true 
}

This should do!