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Bug #5283

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Unhelpful feedback with special string template characters

Added by Lionel Le Folgoc over 10 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
N/A
Assignee:
-
Category:
Web - Config management
Target version:
Severity:
Minor - inconvenience | misleading | easy workaround
UX impact:
User visibility:
Infrequent - complex configurations | third party integrations
Effort required:
Very Small
Priority:
50
Name check:
Fix check:
Regression:

Description

Hi,

I've tried to use the following promise:

  vars:
    "foo[BAR]" string => "$(const.dollar)([ -f /baz ] && /bin/xargs -a /baz || :)";
  files:
    "/Kegeruneku" 
      edit_line => set_quoted_values("pony.foo");

to insert "$([ -f /baz ] && /bin/xargs -a /baz || :)" in a file.

The policy regeneration failed with a useless error message in the web ui, showing basically an invalid syntax message for all characters in the technique.

Now I know that "&" must be escaped to "\&", but rudder didn't help me. :P
Thanks.

The java exception in the webapp log is huge:

problem parsing template 'anonymous'
line 45:18: expecting '<', found 'F'
    at com.normation.stringtemplate.language.NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.nextToken(NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.java:144)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80)
    at antlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.language.TemplateParser.template(TemplateParser.java:103)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.breakTemplateIntoChunks(StringTemplate.java:850)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.setTemplate(StringTemplate.java:441)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.<init>(StringTemplate.java:299)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:199)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashSet1.foreach(HashSet.scala:153)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashTrieSet.foreach(HashSet.scala:306)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.writePromisesFiles(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
[...]
problem parsing template 'anonymous'
line 45:18: expecting '<', found 'F'
    at com.normation.stringtemplate.language.NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.nextToken(NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.java:144)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80)
    at antlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.language.TemplateParser.template(TemplateParser.java:103)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.breakTemplateIntoChunks(StringTemplate.java:850)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.setTemplate(StringTemplate.java:441)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.<init>(StringTemplate.java:299)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:199)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashSet1.foreach(HashSet.scala:153)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashTrieSet.foreach(HashSet.scala:306)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.writePromisesFiles(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
    at com.normation.rudder.services.policies.RudderCf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$com$normation$rudder$services$policies$RudderCf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$prepareRulesForAgents$2$$anonfun$apply$12.apply(RudderPromiseWriterServiceImpl.scala:198)
    at com.normation.rudder.services.policies.RudderCf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$com$normation$rudder$services$policies$RudderCf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$prepareRulesForAgents$2$$anonfun$apply$12.apply(RudderPromiseWriterServiceImpl.scala:197)
    at scala.collection.TraversableLike$WithFilter$$anonfun$foreach$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:772)
    at scala.collection.immutable.Map$Map4.foreach(Map.scala:181)
    at scala.collection.TraversableLike$WithFilter.foreach(TraversableLike.scala:771)
    at com.normation.rudder.services.policies.RudderCf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$com$normation$rudder$services$policies$RudderCf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$prepareRulesForAgents$2.apply(RudderPromiseWriterServiceImpl.scala:197)
[...]
problem parsing template 'anonymous'
line 45:18: expecting '<', found 'F'
    at com.normation.stringtemplate.language.NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.nextToken(NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.java:144)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80)
    at antlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.language.TemplateParser.template(TemplateParser.java:103)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.breakTemplateIntoChunks(StringTemplate.java:850)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.setTemplate(StringTemplate.java:441)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.<init>(StringTemplate.java:299)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:199)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashSet1.foreach(HashSet.scala:153)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashTrieSet.foreach(HashSet.scala:306)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.writePromisesFiles(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
[...]
problem parsing template 'anonymous'
line 45:18: expecting '<', found 'F'
    at com.normation.stringtemplate.language.NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.nextToken(NormationAmpersandTemplateLexer.java:144)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69)
    at antlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80)
    at antlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.language.TemplateParser.template(TemplateParser.java:103)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.breakTemplateIntoChunks(StringTemplate.java:850)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.setTemplate(StringTemplate.java:441)
    at org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplate.<init>(StringTemplate.java:299)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:199)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl$$anonfun$writePromisesFiles$1.apply(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashSet1.foreach(HashSet.scala:153)
    at scala.collection.immutable.HashSet$HashTrieSet.foreach(HashSet.scala:306)
    at com.normation.cfclerk.services.impl.Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.writePromisesFiles(Cf3PromisesFileWriterServiceImpl.scala:196)
[...]


Related issues 2 (0 open2 closed)

Related to Rudder - User story #5284: Rudder should accept vanilla CFEngine without errorRejectedActions
Related to Rudder - Bug #2933: The use of "&&" prevent Rudder to generate promises if not escaped, then a test in the techniques is neededReleasedNicolas PERRON2012-09-27Actions
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