FATAL: Net::HTTPServerException: 413 “Request Entity Too Large”

A nasty message from the chef-client that was happening because ohai was uploading all of our users and groups.  But after configuring the /etc/chef/client.rb file and adding:

Ohai::Config[:disabled_plugins] = [“passwd”]

Is no longer an issue

https://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Disabling+Ohai+Plugins