centos 5.1. puppet 0.24.1
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fileserver.conf:

[plugins]
allow 10.11.11.0/24
allow *.jawfish.com
allow 127.0.0.1
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puppet.conf

[main]
pluginsync = true
pluginsource = puppet://$server/plugins
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from puppetd --no-daemonize --verbose
notice: Starting Puppet client version 0.24.0
info: Retrieving plugins
notice: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]/checksum: checksum changed '{time}Tue Jan 01 20:33:10 -0500 2008' to '{time}Tue Jan 08 16:49:52 -0500 2008'
notice: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql.rb]/checksum: checksum changed '{md5}84d296db2603ed76e2203ccd50c71970' to '{md5}78f4b00110b1b1c2520d0007e66e5a7f'
info: Facts have changed; recompiling
info: Caching catalog at /var/lib/puppet/localconfig.yaml
notice: Starting catalog run
err: //Node[dingy.jawfish.com]/Mysql_database[testdb]: Failed to retrieve current state of resource: No ability to determine if mysql_database exists
info: Sent transaction report in 0.06 seconds
notice: Finished catalog run in 4.44 seconds