Merge pull request #45 from jeffmccune/ticket/2.3.x/12357_disable_root_home_fact_on_windows

(#12357) Fix root_home fact on Windows

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/facter/root_home.rb b/lib/facter/root_home.rb
index 61fcf39..8249f7d 100644
--- a/lib/facter/root_home.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/root_home.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ module Facter::Util::RootHome
   def get_root_home
     root_ent = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec("getent passwd root")
     # The home directory is the sixth element in the passwd entry
-    root_ent.split(":")[5]
+    # If the platform doesn't have getent, root_ent will be nil and we should
+    # return it straight away.
+    root_ent && root_ent.split(":")[5]
   end
   end
 end