chef 18.11.11 → 19.1.164

data/lib/chef/monkey_patches/net-http.rb

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if RUBY_VERSION.split(".")[0..1].join(".") == "3.1"
           conn_port = port
         end
 
-        Chef::Log.debug("opening connection to #{conn_addr}:#{conn_port}...")
+        Chef::Log.trace("opening connection to #{conn_addr}:#{conn_port}...")
         s = Timeout.timeout(@open_timeout, Net::OpenTimeout) {
           begin
             TCPSocket.open(conn_addr, conn_port, @local_host, @local_port)
@@ -33,13 +33,12 @@ if RUBY_VERSION.split(".")[0..1].join(".") == "3.1"
           end
         }
         s.setsockopt(Socket::IPPROTO_TCP, Socket::TCP_NODELAY, 1)
-        Chef::Log.debug("opened")
         if use_ssl?
           if proxy?
             plain_sock = BufferedIO.new(s, read_timeout: @read_timeout,
-              write_timeout: @write_timeout,
-              continue_timeout: @continue_timeout,
-              debug_output: @debug_output)
+                                        write_timeout: @write_timeout,
+                                        continue_timeout: @continue_timeout,
+                                        debug_output: @debug_output)
             buf = "CONNECT #{conn_address}:#{@port} HTTP/#{HTTPVersion}\r\n"
             buf << "Host: #{@address}:#{@port}\r\n"
             if proxy_user
@@ -65,8 +64,8 @@ if RUBY_VERSION.split(".")[0..1].join(".") == "3.1"
           @ssl_context.set_params(ssl_parameters)
           unless @ssl_context.session_cache_mode.nil? # a dummy method on JRuby
             @ssl_context.session_cache_mode =
-              OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::SESSION_CACHE_CLIENT |
-              OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::SESSION_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_STORE
+                OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::SESSION_CACHE_CLIENT |
+                OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::SESSION_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_STORE
           end
           if @ssl_context.respond_to?(:session_new_cb) # not implemented under JRuby
             @ssl_context.session_new_cb = proc { |sock, sess| @ssl_session = sess }
@@ -108,9 +107,9 @@ if RUBY_VERSION.split(".")[0..1].join(".") == "3.1"
           Chef::Log.debug("SSL established, protocol: #{s.ssl_version}, cipher: #{s.cipher[0]}")
         end
         @socket = BufferedIO.new(s, read_timeout: @read_timeout,
-          write_timeout: @write_timeout,
-          continue_timeout: @continue_timeout,
-          debug_output: @debug_output)
+                                write_timeout: @write_timeout,
+                                continue_timeout: @continue_timeout,
+                                debug_output: @debug_output)
         @last_communicated = nil
         on_connect
       rescue => exception
@@ -123,5 +122,5 @@ if RUBY_VERSION.split(".")[0..1].join(".") == "3.1"
     end
   end
 else
-  warn "Not applying net/http monkey patch needed for ruby 3.1"
+  Chef::Log.debug("Not applying net/http monkey patch on #{RUBY_VERSION}")
 end

data/lib/chef/monkey_patches/win32/registry.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/attribute.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #--
 # Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@chef.io>)
 # Author:: AJ Christensen (<aj@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/attribute_collections.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #--
 # Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/common_api.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/immutable_collections.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/mixin/deep_merge_cache.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/mixin/immutablize_array.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class Chef
           empty?
           entries
           fetch
+          fetch_values
           filter
           filter_map
           find
@@ -130,6 +131,29 @@ class Chef
           uniq
           values_at
           zip
+          blank?
+          presence
+          present?
+          to_yaml
+          compact_blank
+          to_xml
+          to_sentence
+          to_fs
+          to_default_s
+          to_formatted_s
+          pick
+          index_by
+          in_order_of
+          many?
+          sole
+          exclude?
+          excluding
+          minimum
+          maximum
+          pluck
+          including
+          without
+          index_with
           |
         }.freeze
         # A list of methods that mutate Array. Each of these is overridden to
@@ -170,6 +194,8 @@ class Chef
           sort_by!
           uniq!
           unshift
+          compact_blank!
+          extract_options!
         }.freeze
 
         # Redefine all of the methods that mutate a Hash to raise an error when called.

data/lib/chef/node/mixin/immutablize_hash.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class Chef
           deconstruct_keys
           default
           default_proc
+          deep_merge?
           detect
           dig
           drop
@@ -128,9 +129,37 @@ class Chef
           values
           values_at
           zip
+          deep_merge
+          symbolize_keys
+          stringify_keys
+          compact_blank
+          deep_symbolize_keys
+          extractable_options?
+          assert_valid_keys
+          to_options
+          to_options!
+          deep_transform_keys
+          deep_stringify_keys
+          pick
+          index_by
+          in_order_of
+          many?
+          sole
+          exclude?
+          excluding
+          minimum
+          maximum
+          pluck
+          including
+          without
+          index_with
         }.freeze
+
         DISALLOWED_MUTATOR_METHODS = %i{
           []=
+          deep_merge!
+          extract!
+          slice!
           clear
           collect!
           compact!
@@ -156,6 +185,12 @@ class Chef
           update
           write!
           write
+          stringify_keys!
+          compact_blank!
+          symbolize_keys!
+          deep_transform_keys!
+          deep_symbolize_keys!
+          deep_stringify_keys!
         }.freeze
 
         # Redefine all of the methods that mutate a Hash to raise an error when called.

data/lib/chef/node/mixin/mashy_array.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/mixin/state_tracking.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node/mixin/state_tracking_array.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #--
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Author:: Christopher Brown (<cb@chef.io>)
 # Author:: Christopher Walters (<cw@chef.io>)
 # Author:: Tim Hinderliter (<tim@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/node_map.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Lamont Granquist (<lamont@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Chef
     #
     # @return [NodeMap] Returns self for possible chaining
     #
-    def set(key, klass, platform: nil, platform_version: nil, platform_family: nil, os: nil, override: nil, chef_version: nil, target_mode: nil, &block)
+    def set(key, klass, platform: nil, platform_version: nil, platform_family: nil, os: nil, override: nil, chef_version: nil, target_mode: nil, agent_mode: true, &block)
       new_matcher = { klass: klass }
       new_matcher[:platform] = platform if platform
       new_matcher[:platform_version] = platform_version if platform_version
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class Chef
       new_matcher[:block] = block if block
       new_matcher[:override] = override if override
       new_matcher[:target_mode] = target_mode
+      new_matcher[:agent_mode] = agent_mode
 
       if chef_version && Chef::VERSION !~ chef_version
         return map
@@ -262,12 +263,23 @@ class Chef
       !!filters[:target_mode]
     end
 
+    # Succeeds if:
+    # - we are in agent mode, and the agent_mode filter is true
+    # - we are not in agent mode
+    #
+    def matches_agent_mode?(filters)
+      return true if Chef::Config.target_mode?
+
+      !!filters[:agent_mode]
+    end
+
     def filters_match?(node, filters)
       matches_block_allow_list?(node, filters, :os) &&
         matches_block_allow_list?(node, filters, :platform_family) &&
         matches_block_allow_list?(node, filters, :platform) &&
         matches_version_list?(node, filters, :platform_version) &&
-        matches_target_mode?(filters)
+        matches_target_mode?(filters) &&
+        matches_agent_mode?(filters)
     end
 
     def block_matches?(node, block)

data/lib/chef/null_logger.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/org.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Steven Danna (steve@chef.io)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform/priority_map.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: John Keiser (<jkeiser@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform/provider_handler_map.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: John Keiser (<jkeiser@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform/provider_mapping.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform/query_helpers.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform/rebooter.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Chris Doherty <cdoherty@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright 2014-2016, Chef, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform/resource_handler_map.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: John Keiser (<jkeiser@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform/service_helpers.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Lamont Granquist (<lamont@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/platform.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/policy_builder/dynamic.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/policy_builder/expand_node_object.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Author:: Tim Hinderliter (<tim@chef.io>)
 # Author:: Christopher Walters (<cw@chef.io>)
 # Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/policy_builder/policyfile.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Author:: Tim Hinderliter (<tim@chef.io>)
 # Author:: Christopher Walters (<cw@chef.io>)
 # Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/policy_builder.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/property.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Author:: John Keiser <jkeiser@chef.io>
 # Copyright:: Copyright 2015-2016, John Keiser
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class Chef
     #
     def required?(action = nil)
       if !action.nil? && options[:required].is_a?(Array)
-        (options[:required] & Array(action)).any?
+        options[:required].intersect?(Array(action))
       else
         !!options[:required]
       end
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ class Chef
       # Weeding out class methods avoids unnecessary deprecations such Chef::Resource
       # defining a `name` property when there's an already-existing `name` method
       # for a Module.
-      return false unless declared_in.method_defined?(name)
+      return false unless declared_in.instance_methods.include?(name)
 
       # Only emit deprecations for some well-known classes. This will still
       # allow more advanced users to subclass their own custom resources and

data/lib/chef/provider/batch.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Adam Edwards (<adamed@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/provider/cookbook_file/content.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Lamont Granquist (<lamont@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/provider/cookbook_file.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Chef
   class Provider
     class CookbookFile < Chef::Provider::File
 
-      provides :cookbook_file
+      provides :cookbook_file, target_mode: true
 
       def initialize(new_resource, run_context)
         @content_class = Chef::Provider::CookbookFile::Content

data/lib/chef/provider/cron/aix.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Kaustubh Deorukhkar (<kaustubh@clogeny.com>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/provider/cron/solaris.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Kaustubh Deorukhkar (<kaustubh@clogeny.com>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

data/lib/chef/provider/cron.rb

@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ class Chef
   class Provider
     class Cron < Chef::Provider
 
-      provides :cron, os: ["!aix", "!solaris2"]
+      provides :cron, os: ["!aix", "!solaris2"], target_mode: true
 
       SPECIAL_TIME_VALUES = %i{reboot yearly annually monthly weekly daily midnight hourly}.freeze
       CRON_ATTRIBUTES = %i{minute hour day month weekday time command mailto path shell home environment}.freeze
-      CRON_PATTERN = %r{\A([-0-9*,/]+)\s([-0-9*,/]+)\s([-0-9*,/]+)\s([-0-9*,/]+|[a-zA-Z]{3})\s([-0-9*,/]+|[a-zA-Z]{3})\s(.*)}.freeze
-      SPECIAL_PATTERN = /\A(@(#{SPECIAL_TIME_VALUES.join("|")}))\s(.*)/.freeze
-      ENV_PATTERN = /\A(\S+)=(\S*)/.freeze
+      CRON_PATTERN = %r{\A([-0-9*,/]+)\s([-0-9*,/]+)\s([-0-9*,/]+)\s([-0-9*,/]+|[a-zA-Z]{3})\s([-0-9*,/]+|[a-zA-Z]{3})\s(.*)}
+      SPECIAL_PATTERN = /\A(@(#{SPECIAL_TIME_VALUES.join("|")}))\s(.*)/
+      ENV_PATTERN = /\A(\S+)=(\S*)/
       ENVIRONMENT_PROPERTIES = %w{MAILTO PATH SHELL HOME}.freeze
 
       def initialize(new_resource, run_context)
@@ -204,7 +204,17 @@ class Chef
 
       def write_crontab(crontab)
         write_exception = false
-        so = shell_out!("crontab -u #{new_resource.user} -", input: crontab)
+
+        tempname = Dir::Tmpname.create(["crontab-"]) {}
+        staging_file = TargetIO::File.open(tempname, "w") do |tempfile|
+          tempfile.write(crontab)
+        end
+
+        tempname = staging_file if staging_file && ChefConfig::Config.target_mode?
+
+        so = shell_out!("crontab -u #{new_resource.user} #{tempname}")
+
+        TargetIO::File.unlink(tempname)
       rescue => e
         raise Chef::Exceptions::Cron, "Error updating state of #{new_resource.name}, error: #{e}"
       end