<p>According to <a href="https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-4759" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-4759</a> the issue seems to be solved. </p>

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<p>Repeating <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/52833285/4640431">my question from SO.SE</a> here ...</p>

<p>I'm trying to have my configs directory (on Windows server 2016 node) to be synced from puppet master (puppet --version = 5.5.3) modules folder: I have my desired structure repeated under module/files. This:</p>

<pre><code>file { "c:\\":
        ensure =&gt; directory,
        recurse =&gt; remote,
        source =&gt; "puppet:///modules/configs"
        }
</code></pre>

<p>works for files that exist in source dir, but does not delete files that are deleted from source (from docs I understood that it should) also I tried:</p>

<pre><code>file { "c:\\":
        ensure =&gt; directory,
        recurse =&gt; true,
        purge =&gt; true,
        source =&gt; "puppet:///modules/configs"
        }
</code></pre>

<p>but then I get an error:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[nodename]/File[c:]: Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': CreateF
  ile(c:/Documents and Settings, 20000000000, 1, , 3, 210000000, 0):  Access is denied.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I was not able to find even descent source telling possible cause for the error; Access denied makes no sense as puppet agent runs with system privileges and should be able to access every path, also script should have nothing to do with c:/Documents and Settings path to my understanding.</p>

<p>Any help to solve this?</p>

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According to https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-4759 the issue seems to be solved.
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Thanks! Not actual anymore - I don't work on that project already for more than half a year - don't even have puppet installation to test this :)
Drako
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Puppet directory sync does not delete absent files
Drako
# Puppet directory sync does not delete absent files

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-18)

Repeating my question from SO.SE here ...
I'm trying to have my configs directory (on Windows server 2016 node) to be synced from puppet master (puppet --version = 5.5.3) modules folder: I have my desired structure repeated under module/files. This:
file { "c:\\":
        ensure => directory,
        recurse => remote,
        source => "puppet:///modules/configs"
        }

works for files that exist in source dir, but does not delete files that are deleted from source (from docs I understood that it should) also I tried:
file { "c:\\":
        ensure => directory,
        recurse => true,
        purge => true,
        source => "puppet:///modules/configs"
        }

but then I get an error:

Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[nodename]/File[c:]: Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': CreateF
  ile(c:/Documents and Settings, 20000000000, 1, , 3, 210000000, 0):  Access is denied.

I was not able to find even descent source telling possible cause for the error; Access denied makes no sense as puppet agent runs with system privileges and should be able to access every path, also script should have nothing to do with c:/Documents and Settings path to my understanding.
Any help to solve this?

**Tags:** windows, puppet

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: According to https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-4759 the issue seems to be solved.  
> **username_0**: Thanks! Not actual anymore - I don't work on that project already for more than half a year - don't even have puppet installation to test this :)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-12-27. Score: 1

According to <https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-4759> the issue seems to be solved.


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