UserParamer debugging

[LenR]

I have a user parameter that calls the facter utility (part of puppet). It has quit working after a version update to facter.

UserParameter=facter[*],facter $1

But debugging is odd....

zabbix_agentd -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -t facter[virtual]

appears to work, it returns: facter[virtual] [t|vmware]

but zabbix_get returns a blank line. The items go unsupported in the db.

Any ideas?

[LenR]

answering my own.....

when you run zabbix_agent, it runs as whatever userid you are, in this case root. zabbix_get runs as the zabbix agent userid. In this case, facter has a bug when running as a non-root user

https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT-190