puppet 6.23.0-x86-mingw32 → 6.24.0-x86-mingw32

data/spec/lib/puppet/test_ca.rb

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ module Puppet
         ext = ef.create_extension(["subjectAltName", opts[:subject_alt_names], false])
         cert.add_extension(ext)
       end
+      if exts = opts[:extensions]
+        exts.each do |e|
+          cert.add_extension(OpenSSL::X509::Extension.new(*e))
+        end
+      end
       cert.sign(issuer_key, @digest)
       { private_key: key, cert: cert }
     end

data/spec/lib/puppet_spec/settings.rb

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module PuppetSpec::Settings
   end.freeze
 
   def set_puppet_conf(confdir, settings)
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p(confdir)
     write_file(File.join(confdir, "puppet.conf"), settings)
   end
 

data/spec/unit/environments_spec.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ require 'puppet/file_system'
 describe Puppet::Environments do
   FS = Puppet::FileSystem
 
+  module FsRemove
+    def remove
+      @properties[:directory?] = false
+      @properties[:exist?] = false
+      @properties[:executable?] = false
+    end
+  end
+
   before(:each) do
     Puppet.settings.initialize_global_settings
     Puppet[:environment_timeout] = "unlimited"
@@ -607,6 +615,33 @@ config_version=$vardir/random/scripts
         cached.get(:cached)
       end
 
+      it "does not list deleted environments" do
+        env3 = FS::MemoryFile.a_directory("env3", [
+          FS::MemoryFile.a_regular_file_containing("environment.conf", '')
+        ])
+
+        envdir = FS::MemoryFile.a_directory(File.expand_path("envdir"), [
+          FS::MemoryFile.a_directory("env1", [
+            FS::MemoryFile.a_regular_file_containing("environment.conf", '')
+          ]),
+          FS::MemoryFile.a_directory("env2", [
+            FS::MemoryFile.a_regular_file_containing("environment.conf", '')
+          ]),
+          env3
+        ])
+
+        loader_from(:filesystem => [envdir], :directory => envdir) do |loader|
+         cached = Puppet::Environments::Cached.new(loader)
+          cached.get(:env1)
+          cached.get(:env2)
+          cached.get(:env3)
+          env3.extend(FsRemove).remove
+
+          expect(cached.list).to contain_exactly(environment(:env1),environment(:env2))
+          expect(cached.get(:env3)).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+
       it "returns nil if env not found" do
         cached_loader_from(:filesystem => [directory_tree], :directory => directory_tree.children.first) do |loader|
           expect(loader.get(:doesnotexist)).to be_nil

data/spec/unit/file_system_spec.rb

@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ describe "Puppet::FileSystem" do
         expect(Puppet::FileSystem.read_preserve_line_endings(file)).to eq("file content \r\nsecond line \n")
       end
     end
+
+    it "should ignore leading BOM" do
+      with_file_content("\uFEFFfile content \n") do |file|
+        expect(Puppet::FileSystem.read_preserve_line_endings(file)).to eq("file content \n")
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "read without an encoding specified" do

data/spec/unit/functions/assert_type_spec.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe 'the assert_type function' do
   it 'checks that first argument is a type' do
     expect do
       func.call({}, 10, 10)
-    end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "'assert_type' expects one of:
+    end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "The function 'assert_type' was called with arguments it does not accept. It expects one of:
   (Type type, Any value, Callable[Type, Type] block?)
     rejected: parameter 'type' expects a Type value, got Integer
   (String type_string, Any value, Callable[Type, Type] block?)

data/spec/unit/functions/empty_spec.rb

@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ describe 'the empty function' do
     end
   end
 
+  context 'for a sensitive string it' do
+    it 'returns true when empty' do
+      expect(compile_to_catalog("notify { String(empty(Sensitive(''))): }")).to have_resource('Notify[true]')
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false when not empty' do
+      expect(compile_to_catalog("notify { String(empty(Sensitive(' '))): }")).to have_resource('Notify[false]')
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'for a binary it' do
     it 'returns true when empty' do
       expect(compile_to_catalog("notify { String(empty(Binary(''))): }")).to have_resource('Notify[true]')

data/spec/unit/functions/unwrap_spec.rb

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ describe 'the unwrap function' do
     expect(eval_and_collect_notices(code)).to eq(['unwrapped value is 12345'])
   end
 
+  it 'just returns a non-sensitive value' do
+    code = <<-CODE
+      $non_sensitive = "12345"
+      notice("value is still ${non_sensitive.unwrap}")
+    CODE
+    expect(eval_and_collect_notices(code)).to eq(['value is still 12345'])
+  end
+
   it 'unwraps a sensitive value when given a code block' do
     code = <<-CODE
       $sensitive = Sensitive.new("12345")

data/spec/unit/functions4_spec.rb

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe 'the 4x function api' do
       expect(func.is_a?(Puppet::Functions::Function)).to be_truthy
       expect do
         func.call({}, 3, 10, 3, "4")
-      end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "'min' expects one of:
+      end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "The function 'min' was called with arguments it does not accept. It expects one of:
   (Numeric x, Numeric y, Numeric a?, Numeric b?, Numeric c*)
     rejected: parameter 'b' expects a Numeric value, got String
   (String x, String y, String a+)
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ describe 'the 4x function api' do
       expect(func.is_a?(Puppet::Functions::Function)).to be_truthy
       expect do
         func.call({}, 10, '20')
-      end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "'min' expects one of:
+      end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "The function 'min' was called with arguments it does not accept. It expects one of:
   (Numeric a, Numeric b)
     rejected: parameter 'b' expects a Numeric value, got String
   (String s1, String s2)

data/spec/unit/indirector/resource/ral_spec.rb

@@ -1,120 +1,85 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'puppet/indirector/resource/ral'
 
-describe "Puppet::Resource::Ral" do
+describe Puppet::Resource::Ral do
+  let(:my_instance) { Puppet::Type.type(:user).new(:name => "root") }
+  let(:wrong_instance) { Puppet::Type.type(:user).new(:name => "bob")}
+
+  def stub_retrieve(*instances)
+    instances.each do |i|
+      allow(i).to receive(:retrieve).and_return(Puppet::Resource.new(i, nil))
+    end
+  end
+
+  before do
+    described_class.indirection.terminus_class = :ral
+
+    # make sure we don't try to retrieve current state
+    allow_any_instance_of(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:retrieve).never
+    stub_retrieve(my_instance, wrong_instance)
+  end
+
   it "disallows remote requests" do
     expect(Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.allow_remote_requests?).to eq(false)
   end
 
   describe "find" do
-    before do
-      @request = double('request', :key => "user/root")
-    end
-
     it "should find an existing instance" do
-      my_resource    = double("my user resource")
+      allow(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ wrong_instance, my_instance, wrong_instance ])
 
-      wrong_instance = double("wrong user", :name => "bob")
-      my_instance    = double("my user",    :name => "root", :to_resource => my_resource)
-
-      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ wrong_instance, my_instance, wrong_instance ])
-      expect(Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.find(@request)).to eq(my_resource)
+      actual_resource = described_class.indirection.find('user/root')
+      expect(actual_resource.name).to eq('User/root')
     end
 
     it "should produce Puppet::Error instead of ArgumentError" do
-      @bad_request = double('thiswillcauseanerror', :key => "thiswill/causeanerror")
-      expect{Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.find(@bad_request)}.to raise_error(Puppet::Error)
+      expect{described_class.indirection.find('thiswill/causeanerror')}.to raise_error(Puppet::Error)
     end
 
     it "if there is no instance, it should create one" do
-      wrong_instance = double("wrong user", :name => "bob")
-      root = double("Root User")
-      root_resource = double("Root Resource")
-
-      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ wrong_instance, wrong_instance ])
-      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(name: "root")).and_return(root)
-      expect(root).to receive(:to_resource).and_return(root_resource)
-
-      result = Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.find(@request)
+      allow(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([wrong_instance])
 
-      expect(result).to eq(root_resource)
+      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(name: "root")).and_return(my_instance)
+      expect(described_class.indirection.find('user/root')).to be
     end
   end
 
   describe "search" do
-    before do
-      @request = double('request', :key => "user/", :options => {})
-    end
-
     it "should convert ral resources into regular resources" do
-      my_resource = double("my user resource", :title => "my user resource")
-      my_instance = double("my user", :name => "root", :to_resource => my_resource)
+      allow(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ my_instance ])
 
-      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ my_instance ])
-      expect(Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.search(@request)).to eq([my_resource])
+      actual = described_class.indirection.search('user')
+      expect(actual).to contain_exactly(an_instance_of(Puppet::Resource))
     end
 
     it "should filter results by name if there's a name in the key" do
-      my_resource = double("my user resource", title: "my user resource")
-      allow(my_resource).to receive(:to_resource).and_return(my_resource)
-      allow(my_resource).to receive(:[]).with(:name).and_return("root")
-
-      wrong_resource = double("wrong resource")
-      allow(wrong_resource).to receive(:to_resource).and_return(wrong_resource)
-      allow(wrong_resource).to receive(:[]).with(:name).and_return("bad")
+      allow(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ my_instance, wrong_instance ])
 
-      my_instance    = double("my user",    :to_resource => my_resource)
-      wrong_instance = double("wrong user", :to_resource => wrong_resource)
-
-      @request = double('request', :key => "user/root", :options => {})
-
-      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ my_instance, wrong_instance ])
-      expect(Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.search(@request)).to eq([my_resource])
+      actual = described_class.indirection.search('user/root')
+      expect(actual).to contain_exactly(an_object_having_attributes(name: 'User/root'))
     end
 
     it "should filter results by query parameters" do
-      wrong_resource = double("my user resource", title: "my user resource")
-      allow(wrong_resource).to receive(:to_resource).and_return(wrong_resource)
-      allow(wrong_resource).to receive(:[]).with(:name).and_return("root")
-
-      my_resource = double("wrong resource", title: "wrong resource")
-      allow(my_resource).to receive(:to_resource).and_return(my_resource)
-      allow(my_resource).to receive(:[]).with(:name).and_return("bob")
+      allow(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ my_instance, wrong_instance ])
 
-      my_instance    = double("my user",    :to_resource => my_resource)
-      wrong_instance = double("wrong user", :to_resource => wrong_resource)
-
-      @request = double('request', :key => "user/", :options => {:name => "bob"})
-
-      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ my_instance, wrong_instance ])
-      expect(Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.search(@request)).to eq([my_resource])
+      actual = described_class.indirection.search('user', name: 'bob')
+      expect(actual).to contain_exactly(an_object_having_attributes(name: 'User/bob'))
     end
 
     it "should return sorted results" do
-      a_resource = double("alice resource")
-      allow(a_resource).to receive(:to_resource).and_return(a_resource)
-      allow(a_resource).to receive(:title).and_return("alice")
-
-      b_resource = double("bob resource")
-      allow(b_resource).to receive(:to_resource).and_return(b_resource)
-      allow(b_resource).to receive(:title).and_return("bob")
-
-      a_instance = double("alice user", :to_resource => a_resource)
-      b_instance = double("bob user",   :to_resource => b_resource)
-
-      @request = double('request', :key => "user/", :options => {})
+      a_instance = Puppet::Type.type(:user).new(:name => "alice")
+      b_instance = Puppet::Type.type(:user).new(:name => "bob")
+      stub_retrieve(a_instance, b_instance)
+      allow(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ b_instance, a_instance ])
 
-      expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:instances).and_return([ b_instance, a_instance ])
-      expect(Puppet::Resource::Ral.new.search(@request)).to eq([a_resource, b_resource])
+      expect(described_class.indirection.search('user').map(&:title)).to eq(['alice', 'bob'])
     end
   end
 
   describe "save" do
     it "returns a report covering the application of the given resource to the system" do
       resource = Puppet::Resource.new(:notify, "the title")
-      ral = Puppet::Resource::Ral.new
 
-      applied_resource, report = ral.save(Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:ral, :save, 'testing', resource, :environment => Puppet::Node::Environment.remote(:testing)))
+      applied_resource, report = described_class.indirection.save(resource, nil, environment: Puppet::Node::Environment.remote(:testing))
 
       expect(applied_resource.title).to eq("the title")
       expect(report.environment).to eq("testing")

data/spec/unit/module_tool/applications/installer_spec.rb

@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ describe Puppet::ModuleTool::Applications::Installer, :unless => RUBY_PLATFORM =
       graph_should_include 'pmtacceptance-stdlib', nil => v('4.1.0')
     end
 
+    it 'reports a meaningful error if the name is invalid' do
+      app = installer('ntp', install_dir, options)
+      results = app.run
+      expect(results).to include :result => :failure
+      expect(results[:error][:oneline]).to eq("Could not install 'ntp', did you mean 'puppetlabs-ntp'?")
+      expect(results[:error][:multiline]).to eq(<<~END.chomp)
+        Could not install module 'ntp'
+          The name 'ntp' is invalid
+            Did you mean `puppet module install puppetlabs-ntp`?
+      END
+    end
+
     context 'with a tarball file' do
       let(:module) { fixtures('stdlib.tgz') }
 

data/spec/unit/parser/templatewrapper_spec.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 require 'puppet/parser/templatewrapper'
 
 describe Puppet::Parser::TemplateWrapper do
+  include PuppetSpec::Files
+
   let(:known_resource_types) { Puppet::Resource::TypeCollection.new("env") }
   let(:scope) do
     compiler = Puppet::Parser::Compiler.new(Puppet::Node.new("mynode"))
@@ -41,6 +43,13 @@ describe Puppet::Parser::TemplateWrapper do
     expect(tw.result).to eq(full_file_name)
   end
 
+  it "ignores a leading BOM" do
+    full_file_name = given_a_template_file("bom_template", "\uFEFF<%= file %>")
+
+    tw.file = "bom_template"
+    expect(tw.result).to eq(full_file_name)
+  end
+
   it "evaluates a given string as a template" do
     expect(tw.result("template contents")).to eql("template contents")
   end
@@ -90,11 +99,12 @@ describe Puppet::Parser::TemplateWrapper do
   end
 
   def given_a_template_file(name, contents)
-    full_name = "/full/path/to/#{name}"
+    full_name = tmpfile("template_#{name}")
+    File.binwrite(full_name, contents)
+
     allow(Puppet::Parser::Files).to receive(:find_template).
       with(name, anything()).
       and_return(full_name)
-    allow(Puppet::FileSystem).to receive(:read_preserve_line_endings).with(full_name).and_return(contents)
 
     full_name
   end

data/spec/unit/provider/package/pip_spec.rb

@@ -266,6 +266,43 @@ describe Puppet::Type.type(:package).provider(:pip) do
       let(:pip_version) { '1.5.4' }
       let(:pip_path) { '/fake/bin/pip' }
 
+      context "with pip version >= 20.3 and < 21.1" do
+        let(:pip_version) { '20.3.1' }
+        let(:pip_path) { '/fake/bin/pip' }
+
+        it "should use legacy-resolver argument" do
+          p = StringIO.new(
+            <<-EOS
+            Collecting real-package==versionplease
+              Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement real-package==versionplease (from versions: 1.1.3, 1.0, 1.9b1)
+            No matching distribution found for real-package==versionplease
+            EOS
+          )
+          expect(Puppet::Util::Execution).to receive(:execpipe).with(["/fake/bin/pip", "install", "real_package==versionplease",
+            "--use-deprecated=legacy-resolver"]).and_yield(p).once
+          @resource[:name] = "real_package"
+          @provider.latest
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "with pip version >= 21.1" do
+        let(:pip_version) { '21.1' }
+        let(:pip_path) { '/fake/bin/pip' }
+
+        it "should not use legacy-resolver argument" do
+          p = StringIO.new(
+            <<-EOS
+            Collecting real-package==versionplease
+              Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement real-package==versionplease (from versions: 1.1.3, 1.0, 1.9b1)
+            No matching distribution found for real-package==versionplease
+            EOS
+          )
+          expect(Puppet::Util::Execution).to receive(:execpipe).with(["/fake/bin/pip", "install", "real_package==versionplease"]).and_yield(p).once
+          @resource[:name] = "real_package"
+          @provider.latest
+        end
+      end
+
       it "should find a version number for real_package" do
         p = StringIO.new(
           <<-EOS

data/spec/unit/provider/parsedfile_spec.rb

@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ describe Puppet::Provider::ParsedFile do
 
       provider.instances
     end
+
+    it "should raise if parsing returns nil" do
+      expect(provider).to receive(:targets).and_return(%w{/one})
+      expect_any_instance_of(Puppet::Util::FileType::FileTypeFlat).to receive(:read).and_return('a=b')
+      expect(provider).to receive(:parse).and_return(nil)
+
+      expect {
+        provider.instances
+      }.to raise_error(Puppet::DevError, %r{Prefetching /one for provider parsedfile_provider returned nil})
+    end
   end
 
   describe "when matching resources to existing records" do

data/spec/unit/settings_spec.rb

@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ describe Puppet::Settings do
     end
   end
 
+  def stub_config_with(content)
+    allow(Puppet.features).to receive(:root?).and_return(false)
+    expect(Puppet::FileSystem).to receive(:exist?).
+      with(user_config_file_default_location).
+      and_return(true).ordered
+    expect(@settings).to receive(:read_file).
+      with(user_config_file_default_location).
+      and_return(content).ordered
+    @settings.send(:parse_config_files)
+  end
+
   describe "when specifying defaults" do
     before do
       @settings = Puppet::Settings.new
@@ -264,23 +275,31 @@ describe Puppet::Settings do
       expect(@settings[:myval]).to eq("")
     end
 
-    it "should flag string settings from the CLI" do
+    it "should retrieve numeric settings from the CLI" do
       @settings.handlearg("--myval", "12")
-      expect(@settings.set_by_cli?(:myval)).to be_truthy
+      expect(@settings.set_by_cli(:myval)).to eq(12)
+      expect(@settings.set_by_cli?(:myval)).to be true
     end
 
-    it "should flag bool settings from the CLI" do
+    it "should retrieve string settings from the CLI" do
+      @settings.handlearg("--myval", "something")
+      expect(@settings.set_by_cli(:myval)).to eq("something")
+      expect(@settings.set_by_cli?(:myval)).to be true
+    end
+
+    it "should retrieve bool settings from the CLI" do
       @settings.handlearg("--bool")
-      expect(@settings.set_by_cli?(:bool)).to be_truthy
+      expect(@settings.set_by_cli(:bool)).to be true
+      expect(@settings.set_by_cli?(:bool)).to be true
     end
 
-    it "should not flag settings memory as from CLI" do
+    it "should not retrieve settings set in memory as from CLI" do
       @settings[:myval] = "12"
-      expect(@settings.set_by_cli?(:myval)).to be_falsey
+      expect(@settings.set_by_cli?(:myval)).to be false
     end
 
     it "should find no configured settings by default" do
-      expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be_falsey
+      expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be false
     end
 
     it "should identify configured settings in memory" do
@@ -304,64 +323,66 @@ describe Puppet::Settings do
       expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:manifest, Puppet[:environment])).to be_truthy
     end
 
-    it "should identify configured settings from the preferred run mode" do
-      user_config_text = "[#{@settings.preferred_run_mode}]\nmyval = foo"
+    context "when handling puppet.conf" do
+      describe "#set_by_config?" do
+        it "should identify configured settings from the preferred run mode" do
+          stub_config_with(<<~CONFIG)
+          [#{@settings.preferred_run_mode}]
+          myval = foo
+          CONFIG
 
-      allow(Puppet.features).to receive(:root?).and_return(false)
-      expect(Puppet::FileSystem).to receive(:exist?).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(true).ordered
-      expect(@settings).to receive(:read_file).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(user_config_text).ordered
+          expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be_truthy
+        end
 
-      @settings.send(:parse_config_files)
-      expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be_truthy
-    end
+        it "should identify configured settings from the specified run mode" do
+          stub_config_with(<<~CONFIG)
+          [server]
+          myval = foo
+          CONFIG
 
-    it "should identify configured settings from the specified run mode" do
-      user_config_text = "[server]\nmyval = foo"
+          expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval, nil, :server)).to be_truthy
+        end
 
-      allow(Puppet.features).to receive(:root?).and_return(false)
-      expect(Puppet::FileSystem).to receive(:exist?).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(true).ordered
-      expect(@settings).to receive(:read_file).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(user_config_text).ordered
+        it "should not identify configured settings from an unspecified run mode" do
+          stub_config_with(<<~CONFIG)
+          [zaz]
+          myval = foo
+          CONFIG
 
-      @settings.send(:parse_config_files)
-      expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval, nil, :server)).to be_truthy
-    end
+          expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be_falsey
+        end
 
-    it "should not identify configured settings from an unspecified run mode" do
-      user_config_text = "[zaz]\nmyval = foo"
+        it "should identify configured settings from the main section" do
+          stub_config_with(<<~CONFIG)
+          [main]
+          myval = foo
+          CONFIG
 
-      allow(Puppet.features).to receive(:root?).and_return(false)
-      expect(Puppet::FileSystem).to receive(:exist?).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(true).ordered
-      expect(@settings).to receive(:read_file).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(user_config_text).ordered
+          expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be_truthy
+        end
+      end
 
-      @settings.send(:parse_config_files)
-      expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be_falsey
-    end
+      describe "#set_in_section" do
+        it "should retrieve configured settings from the specified section" do
+          stub_config_with(<<~CONFIG)
+          [agent]
+          myval = foo
+          CONFIG
 
-    it "should identify configured settings from the main section" do
-      user_config_text = "[main]\nmyval = foo"
+          expect(@settings.set_in_section(:myval, :agent)).to eq("foo")
+          expect(@settings.set_in_section?(:myval, :agent)).to be true
+        end
 
-      allow(Puppet.features).to receive(:root?).and_return(false)
-      expect(Puppet::FileSystem).to receive(:exist?).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(true).ordered
-      expect(@settings).to receive(:read_file).
-        with(user_config_file_default_location).
-        and_return(user_config_text).ordered
+        it "should not retrieve configured settings from a different section" do
+          stub_config_with(<<~CONFIG)
+          [main]
+          myval = foo
+          CONFIG
 
-      @settings.send(:parse_config_files)
-      expect(@settings.set_by_config?(:myval)).to be_truthy
+          expect(@settings.set_in_section(:myval, :agent)).to be nil
+          expect(@settings.set_in_section?(:myval, :agent)).to be false
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     it "should clear the cache when setting getopt-specific values" do
@@ -2120,7 +2141,7 @@ describe Puppet::Settings do
     end
 
     def a_user_type_for(username)
-      user = double('user')
+      user = double('user', 'suitable?': true, to_s: "User[#{username}]")
       expect(Puppet::Type.type(:user)).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(name: username)).and_return(user)
       user
     end
@@ -2153,6 +2174,16 @@ describe Puppet::Settings do
 
       expect(settings).to be_service_user_available
     end
+
+    it "raises if the user is not suitable" do
+      settings[:user] = "foo"
+
+      expect(a_user_type_for("foo")).to receive(:suitable?).and_return(false)
+
+      expect {
+        settings.service_user_available?
+      }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Cannot manage owner permissions, because the provider for 'User\[foo\]' is not functional/)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "when determining if the service group is available" do
@@ -2163,7 +2194,7 @@ describe Puppet::Settings do
     end
 
     def a_group_type_for(groupname)
-      group = double('group')
+      group = double('group', 'suitable?': true, to_s: "Group[#{groupname}]")
       expect(Puppet::Type.type(:group)).to receive(:new).with(hash_including(name: groupname)).and_return(group)
       group
     end
@@ -2196,6 +2227,16 @@ describe Puppet::Settings do
 
       expect(settings).to be_service_group_available
     end
+
+    it "raises if the group is not suitable" do
+      settings[:group] = "foo"
+
+      expect(a_group_type_for("foo")).to receive(:suitable?).and_return(false)
+
+      expect {
+        settings.service_group_available?
+      }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Cannot manage group permissions, because the provider for 'Group\[foo\]' is not functional/)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "when dealing with command-line options" do