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I have RHEL (virtual box) server that I need to install puppet modules from a puppet master. I was told to log in as root then run puppet agent command. So I ran following command.

sudo su puppet agent -t

Execution went fine without an error. Let's say file "A" was pushed down from the master to the target server but I noticed that file size of "A" did not match between the master and the target server. I thought that was odd....I removed the file "A" from the target server then logged out and logged back in as root BUT with hypen "-" this time then ran puppet agent command.

sudo su - puppet agent -t

Execution went fine without an error BUT this time the file size of "A" matched. I am curious to know why.

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    It's the same commands as the duplicate Q, but the other Answer doesn't explain why puppet behaves differently. DaeYoung, you'll want to look at the environment variables that get set during a 'sudo su -'; one of those is likely influencing puppet's behavior. Commented Oct 5, 2016 at 21:13
  • I see...Thank you @Jeff Schaller. I will definitely look into it. Commented Oct 5, 2016 at 21:27

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