gistfile1.txt

# token is created first
mkdir -p /etc/chef/
echo "tokentokentoken" > /etc/chef/validation_token

# output from chef-solo run...
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:32 -0700] DEBUG: Processing execute[Register client node with Chef Server]
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:32 -0700] DEBUG: execute[Register client node with Chef Server] using Chef::Provider::Execute
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:32 -0700] DEBUG: Executing /usr/bin/env chef-client -t `cat /etc/chef/validation_token`
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:36 -0700] DEBUG: ---- Begin output of /usr/bin/env chef-client -t `cat /etc/chef/validation_token` ----
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:36 -0700] DEBUG: STDOUT: INFO: Starting Chef Run
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:36 -0700] DEBUG: STDERR: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/file_cache.rb:112:in `load': Cannot find /srv/chef/cache/registration/test1_example_com for registration/test1_example_com! (Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound)
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:197:in `register'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:73:in `run'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:164:in `run_application'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:162:in `loop'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:162:in `run_application'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in `run'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-client:26
	from /usr/bin/chef-client:19:in `load'
	from /usr/bin/chef-client:19
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:36 -0700] DEBUG: ---- End output of /usr/bin/env chef-client -t `cat /etc/chef/validation_token` ----
[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:36 -0700] ERROR: execute[Register client node with Chef Server] (/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks/chef/recipes/client.rb line 102) had an error:
/usr/bin/env chef-client -t `cat /etc/chef/validation_token` returned 1, expected 0
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:157:in `run_command'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:133:in `chdir'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:133:in `run_command'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/provider/execute.rb:49:in `action_run'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in `send'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in `converge'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in `each'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in `converge'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:58:in `each'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:57:in `each'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in `converge'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in `converge'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in `run_solo'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in `run_application'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in `run'/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26/usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'/usr/bin/chef-solo:19
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:157:in `run_command': /usr/bin/env chef-client -t `cat /etc/chef/validation_token` returned 1, expected 0 (Chef::Exceptions::Exec)
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:133:in `chdir'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:133:in `run_command'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/provider/execute.rb:49:in `action_run'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in `send'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:87:in `converge'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in `each'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:85:in `converge'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:58:in `each'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:57:in `each'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:63:in `converge'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:373:in `converge'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/client.rb:101:in `run_solo'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:122:in `run_application'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/lib/chef/application.rb:57:in `run'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.7.4/bin/chef-solo:26
	from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19:in `load'
	from /usr/bin/chef-solo:19

# but its there...
garret@test1:~$ cat /etc/chef/validation_token
tokentokentoken