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graham$ grep 'vardir = ' /home/graham/.puppet/puppet.conf
    vardir = /home/graham/.puppet/var

graham$ puppet master --config /home/graham/.puppet/puppet.conf --compile of1-dev-graham
Could not prepare for execution: Got 11 failure(s) while initializing: change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /etc/puppet; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/yaml; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/rrd; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/reports; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/facts; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/run; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/state; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/lib; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/bucket; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/log; change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory on ensure: Permission denied - /var/lib/puppet/server_data

graham$ puppet --version
2.7.9