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I installed puppet 2.6.12 on CentOS 6. When I try to start the puppetmaster service using the command service puppetmaster start I get the error:

Starting puppetmaster: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/ssl_file.rb:142:in open: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca (Errno::EACCES).

If I do sudo service puppetmaster start I get the error

 Starting puppetmaster: Could not prepare for execution: Could not find a default provider for user

I have ruby 1.8.7,ruby-libs and ruby-shadow installed. How can I fix this problem ?

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Do you have SELinux installed and active? – Jeremy Bouse Dec 20 '11 at 14:23
I had done a fresh install of CentOS6. Dont have any idea about SELinux. Is that the cause of the problem ? – Jim Dec 20 '11 at 16:35
Run getenforce to check the SELinux status on the box. I believe default is to enable it. – Jeremy Bouse Dec 20 '11 at 16:55
When i run the command getenforce it shows Enforcing. Does that mean its already enabled ?. – Jim Dec 20 '11 at 19:24
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Try to disable SELinux or at least put it into Permissive mode and see if the issue resolves. To do this just edit the /etc/sysconfig/selinux file and change the value of SELINUX as directed in the file.

If this solves the problem then SELinux is interfering with Puppet's operation and you can either keep it disabled/permissive if having SELinux enabled is not required or would require determining why SELinux is having problems. This question related as to whether or not SELinux should be enabled or disabled.

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