Can't use augeas to create a new entry in hosts.allow

Question

I try to create a new entry in hosts.allow

 augeas { "Add in hosts allow" : 
        context => '/files/etc/hosts.allow',
        changes => [
        'ins 01 after *[last()]',
        'set 01/process[1] ssh',
        'set 01/process[2] ssh2',
        'set 01/client ipaddr'
      ],
  }

But it doesn't work I get this error

Notice: Compiled catalog for server.local in environment production in 0.96 seconds
Error: /Stage[main]/Nfs::Server/Augeas[Add in hosts allow]: Could not evaluate: Error sending    
command 'ins' with params ["01", "after", "/files/etc/hosts.allow/*[last()]"]/Error sending 
command 'ins' with params ["01", "after", "/files/etc/hosts.allow/*[last()]"]

I can't see how to use the ins command, the message don't let me know what's went wrong.

CentOS6.4

Puppet version: 3.3.1

augeasversion (from facter): 0.9.0

I Can't find the version of augtools and I can't either execute a command as it is not installed (I don't know how puppet invoke it)

Which version of Puppet, which version of Augeas, and which OS? Please also provide "augtool print /augeas/files/etc/hosts.allow" output. — Dominic Cleal, Jan 15 '15 at 23:09
I think you should try upgrading the augeas-libs package to the latest in CentOS 6 (1.0.0-something), as there were quite a few bug fixes to this file. — Dominic Cleal, Jan 19 '15 at 10:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '15 at 08:54

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Try adding a leading "/" to the context?

(The logging is slightly odd, it doesn't show the "files" prefix at all, I wonder if your code sample and logging match.)

answered Jan 15 '15 at 08:54

Dominic Cleal

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I did the change and the message is nearly the same. I edit the conf and edit the message as well. – Michael Courcy Jan 15 '15 at 15:09

Can't use augeas to create a new entry in hosts.allow

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