# Chef 11.6 Windows, error with templates?

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**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [July 26, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-11-6-windows-error-with-templates/4257 "2013-07-26T17:37:59Z")\
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I tried booting up a new Windows Server instance today. Since the  
knife-windows plugin always installs the latest version of Chef, I got 11.6.

My chef run blew up pretty quickly at the first cookbook\_file I hit:

[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Error executing action `create`  
on resource 'cookbook\_file[/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini]'  
ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) -------------------------------  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) The system cannot find the path  
specified.  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- Begin Win32 API output ----  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Code: 3  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Message: The system  
cannot find the path specified.  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- End Win32 API output ----  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Resource Declaration:  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---------------------  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # In  
c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 16: cookbook\_file  
"/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini" do  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 17: source  
"nsclient.ini"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 18: end  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 19:  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Compiled Resource:  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # Declared in  
c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb:16:in `from\_file’  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.comcookbook\_file("/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini")  
do  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) provider  
Chef::Provider::CookbookFile  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) action “create"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retries 0  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retry\_delay 2  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) path  
”/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) backup 5  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) atomic\_update true  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) source "nsclient.ini"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_name "nagios"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) recipe\_name "client-win"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) end  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)

I disabled that recipe and got a similar error the first time it hit a  
template.

I read the release notes about the file changes, but I didn’t think I was  
doing anything that should cause trouble. Is there anything in that  
compiled resource that looks wrong?

I rolled back to 11.4.4 on the instance and everything ran as expected.

## Brian

_Brian Anderson_ | Operations Engineer  
Phone 781.696.1304

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On Friday, July 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Brian Anderson wrote:

> I tried booting up a new Windows Server instance today. Since the knife-windows plugin always installs the latest version of Chef, I got 11.6.
> 
> My chef run blew up pretty quickly at the first cookbook\_file I hit:
> 
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com))  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) ================================================================================  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) Error executing action `create` on resource 'cookbook\_file[/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini]'  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) ================================================================================  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com))  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) -------------------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) The system cannot find the path specified.  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) ---- Begin Win32 API output ----  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) System Error Code: 3  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) System Error Message: The system cannot find the path specified.  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) ---- End Win32 API output ----  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com))  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) Resource Declaration:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) ---------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) # In c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com))  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) 16: cookbook\_file "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini" do  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) 17: source "nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) 18: end  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) 19:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com))  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) Compiled Resource:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) ------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) # Declared in c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb:16:in `from\_file'  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com))  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) cookbook\_file("/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini") do  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) provider Chef::Provider::CookbookFile  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) action "create"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) retries 0  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) retry\_delay 2  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) path "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) backup 5  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) atomic\_update true  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) source "nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) cookbook\_name "nagios"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) recipe\_name "client-win"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)) end  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ([http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com))
> 
> I disabled that recipe and got a similar error the first time it hit a template.
> 
> I read the release notes about the file changes, but I didn't think I was doing anything that should cause trouble. Is there anything in that compiled resource that looks wrong?
> 
> I rolled back to 11.4.4 on the instance and everything ran as expected.
> 
> Brian  
> This is weird. I ran a bunch of cookbooks on windows when testing 11.6 and never saw anything like this. Can you post the contents of your chef-stacktrace.out file?

--  
Daniel DeLeo

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I had a similar problem with the sensu cookbook last night. Basically, its having problems with paths that start with /,

For me, it didn’t happen on the first run, but only on subsequent runs, basically because it seems to only happen if the target file already exists, but having looked into it, it could happen in a number of circumstances.

Problem seems to boil down to the fact that /something is being interpreted as an absolute path in some instances, where really its relative to the current drive, but the windows file api wrappers are prepending \?\ to the path names to support long path names, unfortunately in order for that to work, the path name must be absolute.

To work around it in my case for now, I overrode the default sensu directory from /etc/sensu to c:\etc\sensu, which stops the error occurring.

Here’s an example in chef\win32\file.rb ( method self.symlink? ) where its failing.

```
    path = encode_path(file_name)
    if ::File.exists?(file_name)
      if ((GetFileAttributesW(path) & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) > 0)
        file_search_handle(file_name) do |handle, find_data|

```

Basically, the file\_name contains /etc/sensu, which encode\_path turns into \?\etc\sensu\<file:///\%3f\etc\sensu\>, which isn’t a valid path, as it doesn’t include a drive specifier ( \?\ format paths must be fully qualified ),  
GetFileAttributesW then returns -1 because the file doesn’t exist, ( but the File.exists? call succeeds as it uses the un-encoded path name. ) the -1 passes the & FILE\_ATTRIBUTE\_REPARSE\_POINT check as -1 has all bits set, and so it goes into the file\_search\_handle method, which in turn does its own encode on the file\_name, and finally that’s where the actual file not found error is raised.

Unfortunately I’m a total ruby & chef noob, so for now I’m avoiding the issue for now by changing my path to include the drive specifier. I’m posting the details in the hope that someone more familiar with the code can suggest a proper solution.

Thanks  
Andrew McDonald

From: Brian Anderson [[mailto:brian.anderson@affectiva.com](mailto:brian.anderson@affectiva.com)]  
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 10:38 AM  
To: [chef@lists.opscode.com](mailto:chef@lists.opscode.com)  
Subject: [chef] Chef 11.6 Windows, error with templates?

I tried booting up a new Windows Server instance today. Since the knife-windows plugin always installs the latest version of Chef, I got 11.6.

My chef run blew up pretty quickly at the first cookbook\_file I hit:

[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ================================================================================  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Error executing action `create` on resource 'cookbook\_file[/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini]'  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ================================================================================  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) -------------------------------  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) The system cannot find the path specified.  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- Begin Win32 API output ----  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Code: 3  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Message: The system cannot find the path specified.  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- End Win32 API output ----  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Resource Declaration:  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---------------------  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # In c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 16: cookbook\_file “/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini” do  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 17: source “nsclient.ini"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 18: end  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 19:  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Compiled Resource:  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # Declared in c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb:16:in `from\_file’  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_file(”/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini") do  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) provider Chef::Provider::CookbookFile  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) action "create"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retries 0  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retry\_delay 2  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) path "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) backup 5  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) atomic\_update true  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) source "nsclient.ini"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_name "nagios"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) recipe\_name "client-win"  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) end  
[ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)[http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)

I disabled that recipe and got a similar error the first time it hit a template.

I read the release notes about the file changes, but I didn’t think I was doing anything that should cause trouble. Is there anything in that compiled resource that looks wrong?

I rolled back to 11.4.4 on the instance and everything ran as expected.

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I'll have to boot up another one and try it again... these are AWS  
instances and I terminated them on error.

I'll run through it today and post up the results.

Brian

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Daniel DeLeo [dan@kallistec.com](mailto:dan@kallistec.com) wrote:

> On Friday, July 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Brian Anderson wrote:
> 
> I tried booting up a new Windows Server instance today. Since the  
> knife-windows plugin always installs the latest version of Chef, I got 11.6.
> 
> My chef run blew up pretty quickly at the first cookbook\_file I hit:
> 
> ## [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================ [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Error executing action `create` on resource 'cookbook\_file[/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini]' ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================ [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------------------- [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) The system cannot find the path specified. [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- Begin Win32 API output
> 
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Code: 3  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Message: The  
> system cannot find the path specified.  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- End Win32 API output ----  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Resource Declaration:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # In  
> c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 16: cookbook\_file  
> "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini" do  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 17: source  
> "nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 18: end  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 19:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Compiled Resource:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # Declared in  
> c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb:16:in `from\_file'  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.comcookbook\_file("/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini") do  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) provider  
> Chef::Provider::CookbookFile  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) action "create"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retries 0  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retry\_delay 2  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) path  
> "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) backup 5  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) atomic\_update true  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) source "nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_name "nagios"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) recipe\_name "client-win"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) end  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)
> 
> I disabled that recipe and got a similar error the first time it hit a  
> template.
> 
> I read the release notes about the file changes, but I didn't think I was  
> doing anything that should cause trouble. Is there anything in that  
> compiled resource that looks wrong?
> 
> I rolled back to 11.4.4 on the instance and everything ran as expected.
> 
> Brian
> 
> This is weird. I ran a bunch of cookbooks on windows when testing 11.6 and  
> never saw anything like this. Can you post the contents of your  
> chef-stacktrace.out file?
> 
> --  
> Daniel DeLeo

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Weird is right...

I just launched an instance using our standard AMI (Windows server 2008 r2,  
latest updates as of maybe 4-6 weeks ago)

Running along, processing templates just fine, then breaks with a  
permission denied error:

[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:05-04:00]  
INFO: Processing template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] action  
create (affect\_mon::sensu-x1interactive-checks line 14)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:05-04:00]  
INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] created file  
/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] updated file  
contents /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] owner changed to  
S-1-5-21-2359669852-410513563-3594093940-500  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] group changed to  
S-1-5-32-544  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] permissions  
changed to [AFFECTIVA-X1\Administrator/flags:0/mask:c0010000,  
BUILTIN\Administrators/flags:0/mask:80000000,  
Everyone/flags:0/mask:80000000]  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
INFO: Processing service[sensu-client] action nothing  
(affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 10)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
INFO: Processing template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json] action  
create (affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 14)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json] created file  
/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Error executing action `create`  
on resource 'template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json]'  
ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Errno::EACCES  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) -------------  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Permission denied -  
/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Resource Declaration:  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---------------------  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # In  
c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/affect\_mon/recipes/sensu-x1batch-checks.rb  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 14: template  
"/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json" do  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 15: source  
"sensu-confd/worker-batch.json.erb"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 16: owner  
node['sensu']['user']  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 17: group  
node['sensu']['group']  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 18: mode "0644"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 19: notifies :restart,  
"service[sensu-client]"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 20: only\_if  
{File.exists?("/etc/sensu/conf.d")}  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 21: end  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 22:  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Compiled Resource:  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # Declared in  
c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/affect\_mon/recipes/sensu-x1batch-checks.rb:14:in  
`from\_file'  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.comtemplate("/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json")  
do  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) provider  
Chef::Provider::Template  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) action "create"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retries 0  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retry\_delay 2  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) path  
"/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) backup 5  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) atomic\_update true  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) source  
"sensu-confd/worker-batch.json.erb"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_name "affect\_mon"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) recipe\_name  
"sensu-x1batch-checks"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) owner "Administrator"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) group "Administrators"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) mode "0644"  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) only\_if { #code block }  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) end  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
INFO: Running queued delayed notifications before re-raising exception  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
INFO: template[C:/chef/client.rb] sending create action to  
ruby\_block[reload\_client\_config] (delayed)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
INFO: Processing ruby\_block[reload\_client\_config] action create  
(chef-client::config line 86)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
INFO: ruby\_block[reload\_client\_config] called  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] sending restart  
action to service[sensu-client] (delayed)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
INFO: Processing service[sensu-client] action restart  
(affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 10)  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
INFO: service[sensu-client] restarted  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
ERROR: Running exception handlers  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to C:/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
[ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
FATAL: Errno:

The template definitions are identical for worker-batch and  
worker-interactive:

This worked:

template "/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json" do  
source "sensu-confd/worker-interactive.json.erb"  
owner node['sensu']['user']  
group node['sensu']['group']  
mode "0644"  
notifies :restart, "service[sensu-client]"  
only\_if {File.exists?("/etc/sensu/conf.d")}  
end

This failed:

template "/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json" do  
source "sensu-confd/worker-batch.json.erb"  
owner node['sensu']['user']  
group node['sensu']['group']  
mode "0644"  
notifies :restart, "service[sensu-client]"  
only\_if {File.exists?("/etc/sensu/conf.d")}  
end

/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json was created but has no content.  
/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json is correct as one would expect  
based on the output.

And the stacktrace:

Generated at 2013-07-29 09:57:58 -0400  
Errno::EACCES: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json]  
(affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 14) had an error: Errno::EACCES:  
Permission denied - /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1406:in `unlink' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1406:in `block in  
remove\_file'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1414:in  
`platform_support' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1405:in `remove\_file'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:515:in `block in mv' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1515:in `block in  
fu\_each\_src\_dest'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1531:in  
`fu_each_src_dest0' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1513:in `fu\_each\_src\_dest'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:508:in `mv' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/file_content_management/deploy/mv_windows.rb:78:in `deploy'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:331:in  
`update_file_contents' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:350:in `block in do\_contents\_changes'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/mixin/why\_run.rb:52:in  
`call' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `add\_action'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider.rb:149:in  
`converge_by' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:349:in `do\_contents\_changes'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:120:in  
`action_create' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider.rb:114:in `run\_action'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource.rb:625:in  
`run_action' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run\_action'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in  
`block (2 levels) in converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in  
`block in converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:98:in `block in execute\_each\_resource'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:116:in  
`call' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call\_iterator\_block'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:85:in  
`step' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:55:in  
`each_with_index' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:96:in `execute\_each\_resource'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in  
`converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:429:in `converge'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:494:in  
`do_run' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:212:in `run'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application.rb:183:in  
`run_chef_client' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:302:in `block in run\_application'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:294:in  
`loop' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:294:in `run\_application'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application.rb:66:in  
`run' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/bin/chef-client:26:in `\<top (required)\>'  
C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `load' C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `'

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Daniel DeLeo [dan@kallistec.com](mailto:dan@kallistec.com) wrote:

> On Friday, July 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Brian Anderson wrote:
> 
> I tried booting up a new Windows Server instance today. Since the  
> knife-windows plugin always installs the latest version of Chef, I got 11.6.
> 
> My chef run blew up pretty quickly at the first cookbook\_file I hit:
> 
> ## [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================ [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Error executing action `create` on resource 'cookbook\_file[/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini]' ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================ [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------------------- [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) The system cannot find the path specified. [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- Begin Win32 API output
> 
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Code: 3  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Message: The  
> system cannot find the path specified.  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- End Win32 API output ----  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Resource Declaration:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # In  
> c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 16: cookbook\_file  
> "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini" do  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 17: source  
> "nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 18: end  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 19:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Compiled Resource:  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # Declared in  
> c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb:16:in `from\_file'  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.comcookbook\_file("/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini") do  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) provider  
> Chef::Provider::CookbookFile  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) action "create"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retries 0  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retry\_delay 2  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) path  
> "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) backup 5  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) atomic\_update true  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) source "nsclient.ini"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_name "nagios"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) recipe\_name "client-win"  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) end  
> [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)
> 
> I disabled that recipe and got a similar error the first time it hit a  
> template.
> 
> I read the release notes about the file changes, but I didn't think I was  
> doing anything that should cause trouble. Is there anything in that  
> compiled resource that looks wrong?
> 
> I rolled back to 11.4.4 on the instance and everything ran as expected.
> 
> Brian
> 
> This is weird. I ran a bunch of cookbooks on windows when testing 11.6 and  
> never saw anything like this. Can you post the contents of your  
> chef-stacktrace.out file?
> 
> --  
> Daniel DeLeo

--  
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**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-11-6-windows-error-with-templates/4257/6 "2013-07-29T15:12:17Z")

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And more. Re-running the same recipe now gives me an error on a file that  
was created by Chef on the last run.

- template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json] action  
create[2013-07-29T11:04:  
30-04:00] INFO: Processing template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json]  
action c  
reate (affect\_mon::sensu-client line 40)

================================================================================

# Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-che cks.json]'

## Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError

The system cannot find the path specified.  
---- Begin Win32 API output ----  
System Error Code: 3  
System Error Message: The system cannot find the path specified.  
---- End Win32 API output ----

## Resource Declaration:

# In C:/chef/cache/cookbooks/affect\_mon/recipes/sensu-client.rb

40: template "#{node['sensu']['conf\_dir']}/base-checks.json" do  
41: source "sensu-confd/base-checks-win.json.erb"  
42: owner node['sensu']['user']  
43: group node['sensu']['group']  
44: mode "0644"  
45: end  
46:

## Compiled Resource:

# Declared in

C:/chef/cache/cookbooks/affect\_mon/recipes/sensu-client.rb:40:in `  
from\_file'

template("/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json") do  
provider Chef::Provider::Template  
action "create"  
retries 0  
retry\_delay 2  
path "/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json"  
backup 5  
atomic\_update true  
source "sensu-confd/base-checks-win.json.erb"  
cookbook\_name "affect\_mon"  
recipe\_name "sensu-client"  
owner "Administrator"  
group "Administrators"  
mode "0644"  
end

[2013-07-29T11:04:30-04:00] INFO: Running queued delayed notifications  
before re  
-raising exception  
[2013-07-29T11:04:30-04:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers  
[2013-07-29T11:04:30-04:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
[2013-07-29T11:04:30-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to  
C:/chef/cache/chef-stack  
trace.out  
Chef Client failed. 2 resources updated  
[2013-07-29T11:04:30-04:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError:  
template[/et  
c/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json] (affect\_mon::sensu-client line 40) had an  
error  
: Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError: The system cannot find the path  
specified.  
---- Begin Win32 API output ----  
System Error Code: 3  
System Error Message: The system cannot find the path specified.  
---- End Win32 API output ----

Stacktrace:

Generated at 2013-07-29 11:04:30 -0400  
Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError:  
template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json] (affect\_mon::sensu-client line  
40) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError: The system cannot find  
the path specified.  
---- Begin Win32 API output ----  
System Error Code: 3  
System Error Message: The system cannot find the path specified.  
---- End Win32 API output ----

C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/win32/error.rb:69:in  
`raise!' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/win32/api/file.rb:478:in `file\_search\_handle'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/win32/file.rb:75:in  
`symlink?' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:268:in `real\_file?'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:192:in  
`inspect_existing_fs_entry' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:105:in `define\_resource\_requirements'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/template.rb:45:in  
`define_resource_requirements' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider.rb:103:in `run\_action'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource.rb:625:in  
`run_action' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run\_action'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in  
`block (2 levels) in converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in  
`block in converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:98:in `block in execute\_each\_resource'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:116:in  
`call' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call\_iterator\_block'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:85:in  
`step' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:55:in  
`each_with_index' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:96:in `execute\_each\_resource'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in  
`converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:429:in `converge'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:494:in  
`do_run' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:212:in `run'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application.rb:183:in  
`run_chef_client' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:302:in `block in run\_application'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:294:in  
`loop' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:294:in `run\_application'  
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application.rb:66:in  
`run' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/bin/chef-client:26:in `\<top (required)\>'  
C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `load' C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `'

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Brian Anderson \<  
[brian.anderson@affectiva.com](mailto:brian.anderson@affectiva.com)\> wrote:

> Weird is right...
> 
> I just launched an instance using our standard AMI (Windows server 2008  
> r2, latest updates as of maybe 4-6 weeks ago)
> 
> Running along, processing templates just fine, then breaks with a  
> permission denied error:
> 
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:05-04:00]  
> INFO: Processing template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] action  
> create (affect\_mon::sensu-x1interactive-checks line 14)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:05-04:00]  
> INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] created file  
> /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
> INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] updated file  
> contents /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
> INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] owner changed to  
> S-1-5-21-2359669852-410513563-3594093940-500  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
> INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] group changed to  
> S-1-5-32-544  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
> INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] permissions  
> changed to [AFFECTIVA-X1\Administrator/flags:0/mask:c0010000,  
> BUILTIN\Administrators/flags:0/mask:80000000,  
> Everyone/flags:0/mask:80000000]  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
> INFO: Processing service[sensu-client] action nothing  
> (affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 10)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
> INFO: Processing template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json] action  
> create (affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 14)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:29-04:00]  
> INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json] created file  
> /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Error executing action  
> `create` on resource 'template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json]'  
> ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Errno::EACCES  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) -------------  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Permission denied -  
> /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Resource Declaration:  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # In  
> c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/affect\_mon/recipes/sensu-x1batch-checks.rb  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 14: template  
> "/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json" do  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 15: source  
> "sensu-confd/worker-batch.json.erb"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 16: owner  
> node['sensu']['user']  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 17: group  
> node['sensu']['group']  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 18: mode "0644"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 19: notifies :restart,  
> "service[sensu-client]"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 20: only\_if  
> {File.exists?("/etc/sensu/conf.d")}  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 21: end  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 22:  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Compiled Resource:  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # Declared in  
> c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/affect\_mon/recipes/sensu-x1batch-checks.rb:14:in  
> `from\_file'  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.comtemplate("/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json") do  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) provider  
> Chef::Provider::Template  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) action "create"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retries 0  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retry\_delay 2  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) path  
> "/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) backup 5  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) atomic\_update true  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) source  
> "sensu-confd/worker-batch.json.erb"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_name "affect\_mon"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) recipe\_name  
> "sensu-x1batch-checks"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) owner "Administrator"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) group "Administrators"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) mode "0644"  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) only\_if { #code block }  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) end  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
> INFO: Running queued delayed notifications before re-raising exception  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
> INFO: template[C:/chef/client.rb] sending create action to  
> ruby\_block[reload\_client\_config] (delayed)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
> INFO: Processing ruby\_block[reload\_client\_config] action create  
> (chef-client::config line 86)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
> INFO: ruby\_block[reload\_client\_config] called  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
> INFO: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json] sending restart  
> action to service[sensu-client] (delayed)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:56-04:00]  
> INFO: Processing service[sensu-client] action restart  
> (affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 10)  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
> INFO: service[sensu-client] restarted  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
> ERROR: Running exception handlers  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
> ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
> FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to C:/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
> [ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-146-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com) [2013-07-29T09:57:58-04:00]  
> FATAL: Errno:
> 
> The template definitions are identical for worker-batch and  
> worker-interactive:
> 
> This worked:
> 
> template "/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json" do  
> source "sensu-confd/worker-interactive.json.erb"  
> owner node['sensu']['user']  
> group node['sensu']['group']  
> mode "0644"  
> notifies :restart, "service[sensu-client]"  
> only\_if {File.exists?("/etc/sensu/conf.d")}  
> end
> 
> This failed:
> 
> template "/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json" do  
> source "sensu-confd/worker-batch.json.erb"  
> owner node['sensu']['user']  
> group node['sensu']['group']  
> mode "0644"  
> notifies :restart, "service[sensu-client]"  
> only\_if {File.exists?("/etc/sensu/conf.d")}  
> end
> 
> /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json was created but has no content.  
> /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-interactive.json is correct as one would expect  
> based on the output.
> 
> And the stacktrace:
> 
> Generated at 2013-07-29 09:57:58 -0400  
> Errno::EACCES: template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json]  
> (affect\_mon::sensu-x1batch-checks line 14) had an error: Errno::EACCES:  
> Permission denied - /etc/sensu/conf.d/worker-batch.json  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1406:in `unlink' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1406:in `block in  
> remove\_file'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1414:in  
> `platform_support' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1405:in `remove\_file'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:515:in `block in mv' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1515:in `block in  
> fu\_each\_src\_dest'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1531:in  
> `fu_each_src_dest0' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1513:in `fu\_each\_src\_dest'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:508:in `mv' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/file_content_management/deploy/mv_windows.rb:78:in `deploy'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:331:in  
> `update_file_contents' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:350:in `block in do\_contents\_changes'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/mixin/why\_run.rb:52:in  
> `call' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `add\_action'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider.rb:149:in  
> `converge_by' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:349:in `do\_contents\_changes'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:120:in  
> `action_create' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/provider.rb:114:in `run\_action'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource.rb:625:in  
> `run_action' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run\_action'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in  
> `block (2 levels) in converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in  
> `block in converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:98:in `block in execute\_each\_resource'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:116:in  
> `call' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call\_iterator\_block'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:85:in  
> `step' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource\_collection/stepable\_iterator.rb:55:in  
> `each_with_index' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:96:in `execute\_each\_resource'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in  
> `converge' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:429:in `converge'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:494:in  
> `do_run' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/client.rb:212:in `run'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application.rb:183:in  
> `run_chef_client' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:302:in `block in run\_application'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:294:in  
> `loop' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application/client.rb:294:in `run\_application'  
> C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/lib/chef/application.rb:66:in  
> `run' C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.6.0/bin/chef-client:26:in `\<top (required)\>'  
> C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `load' C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `'
> 
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Daniel DeLeo [dan@kallistec.com](mailto:dan@kallistec.com) wrote:
> 
> > On Friday, July 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Brian Anderson wrote:
> > 
> > I tried booting up a new Windows Server instance today. Since the  
> > knife-windows plugin always installs the latest version of Chef, I got 11.6.
> > 
> > My chef run blew up pretty quickly at the first cookbook\_file I hit:
> > 
> > ## [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================ [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Error executing action `create` on resource 'cookbook\_file[/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini]' ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com================================================================================ [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.comChef::Exceptions::Win32APIError ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com------------------------------- [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) The system cannot find the path specified. [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- Begin Win32 API output
> > 
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Code: 3  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) System Error Message: The  
> > system cannot find the path specified.  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---- End Win32 API output ----  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Resource Declaration:  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ---------------------  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # In  
> > c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 16: cookbook\_file  
> > "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini" do  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 17: source  
> > "nsclient.ini"  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 18: end  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) 19:  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) Compiled Resource:  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ------------------  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) # Declared in  
> > c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/recipes/client-win.rb:16:in `from\_file'  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)  
> > ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.comcookbook\_file("/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini") do  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) provider  
> > Chef::Provider::CookbookFile  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) action "create"  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retries 0  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) retry\_delay 2  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) path  
> > "/Progra~1/NSClient++/nsclient.ini"  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) backup 5  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) atomic\_update true  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) source "nsclient.ini"  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) cookbook\_name "nagios"  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) recipe\_name "client-win"  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com) end  
> > [ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-184-72-136-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)
> > 
> > I disabled that recipe and got a similar error the first time it hit a  
> > template.
> > 
> > I read the release notes about the file changes, but I didn't think I was  
> > doing anything that should cause trouble. Is there anything in that  
> > compiled resource that looks wrong?
> > 
> > I rolled back to 11.4.4 on the instance and everything ran as expected.
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> > This is weird. I ran a bunch of cookbooks on windows when testing 11.6  
> > and never saw anything like this. Can you post the contents of your  
> > chef-stacktrace.out file?
> > 
> > --  
> > Daniel DeLeo
> 
> --  
> _Brian Anderson_ | Operations Engineer  
> Phone 781.696.1304
> 
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>
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On Monday, July 29, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Brian Anderson wrote:

> And more. Re-running the same recipe now gives me an error on a file that was created by Chef on the last run.
> 
> - template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json] action create[2013-07-29T11:04:  
> 30-04:00] INFO: Processing template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json] action c  
> reate (affect\_mon::sensu-client line 40)
> 
> ================================================================================
> 
> # Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-che cks.json]'

As Andrew said before, this is a bug that's triggered when you use paths without drive letters on Windows:

[https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4419](https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4419)

For now, the best thing to do is add the drive letter to the paths, or else you can specify `--bootstrap-version 11.4.4` when installing.

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Hm... I must have missed something. I don't know what you are referring to  
when you say "As Andrew said". But, that bug does make perfect sense.

For now I'm installing 11.4.4 and that is keeping things happy. I'll have  
to think about whether or not we want to go through and do conditional  
paths on all of our code (Our infrastructure is about an 80/20 mix of  
Linux/Windows, so having /etc/ is correct for most use cases).

Thanks!  
brian

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Daniel DeLeo [dan@kallistec.com](mailto:dan@kallistec.com) wrote:

> On Monday, July 29, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Brian Anderson wrote:
> 
> And more. Re-running the same recipe now gives me an error on a file that  
> was created by Chef on the last run.
> 
> - template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json] action  
> create[2013-07-29T11:04:  
> 30-04:00] INFO: Processing template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-checks.json]  
> action c  
> reate (affect\_mon::sensu-client line 40)
> 
> ================================================================================
> 
> Error executing action `create` on resource  
> 'template[/etc/sensu/conf.d/base-che  
> cks.json]'
> 
> ================================================================================
> 
> As Andrew said before, this is a bug that's triggered when you use paths  
> without drive letters on Windows:
> 
> [https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4419](https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4419)
> 
> For now, the best thing to do is add the drive letter to the paths, or  
> else you can specify `--bootstrap-version 11.4.4` when installing.
> 
> --  
> Daniel DeLeo

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>
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On Monday, July 29, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Brian Anderson wrote:

> Hm... I must have missed something. I don't know what you are referring to when you say "As Andrew said". But, that bug does make perfect sense.

This reply:

[http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2013-07/msg00418.html](http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2013-07/msg00418.html)

> For now I'm installing 11.4.4 and that is keeping things happy. I'll have to think about whether or not we want to go through and do conditional paths on all of our code (Our infrastructure is about an 80/20 mix of Linux/Windows, so having /etc/ is correct for most use cases).
> 
> Thanks!  
> brian

A probably-minor thing, but Windows uses the drive of the CWD for ambiguous paths like that, so /etc can mean c:\etc or n:\etc (for example) depending on your CWD. We plan to standardize this to system drive in the future:

[http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4427](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4427)

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