4 files changed, 46 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb b/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
index b94aacd..8543c7c 100644
--- a/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 # The cache is stored in /tmp/facts_cache.yaml as a mode
 # 600 file and will have the end result of not calling your
 # fact scripts more often than is needed
+
+require 'facter/util/puppet_settings'
+
 class Facter::Util::DotD
     require 'yaml'
 
@@ -182,3 +185,10 @@ end
 
 Facter::Util::DotD.new("/etc/facter/facts.d").create
 Facter::Util::DotD.new("/etc/puppetlabs/facter/facts.d").create
+
+# Windows has a different configuration directory that defaults to a vendor
+# specific sub directory of the %COMMON_APPDATA% directory.
+if Dir.const_defined? 'COMMON_APPDATA' then
+  windows_facts_dot_d = File.join(Dir::COMMON_APPDATA, 'PuppetLabs', 'facter', 'facts.d')
+  Facter::Util::DotD.new(windows_facts_dot_d).create
+end
diff --git a/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb b/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..755e33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This facter fact returns the value of the Puppet vardir setting for the node
+# running puppet or puppet agent.  The intent is to enable Puppet modules to
+# automatically have insight into a place where they can place variable data,
+# regardless of the node's platform.
+#
+# The value should be directly usable in a File resource path attribute.
+require 'facter/util/puppet_settings'
+
+Facter.add(:puppet_vardir) do
+  setcode do
+    # This will be nil if Puppet is not available.
+    Facter::Util::PuppetSettings.with_puppet do
+      Puppet[:vardir]
+    end
+  end
+end
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
diff --git a/lib/facter/util/puppet_settings.rb b/lib/facter/util/puppet_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8c8363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/facter/util/puppet_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module Facter
+  module Util
+    module PuppetSettings
+      class << self
+        def with_puppet
+          begin
+            Module.const_get("Puppet")
+          rescue NameError
+            nil
+          else
+            yield
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end