diff --git a/lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_file_source_rights.rb b/lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_file_source_rights.rb
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+++ b/lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_file_source_rights.rb
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+PuppetLint.new_check(:source_without_rights) do
+  def token_attr(resource, name)
+    resource[:tokens].select do |t|
+        t.type == :NAME && t.value == name && \
+          t.next_code_token && t.next_code_token.type == :FARROW
+    end
+  end
+
+  def check_attr(resource, name, source_t)
+    if token_attr(resource, name).empty?
+      notify :warning, {
+        :message => "file with source missing #{name}",
+        :line    => source_t.line,
+        :column  => source_t.column,
+        :token   => source_t,
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  def check
+    resource_indexes.each do |r|
+      next unless r[:type].value == 'file'
+      source_t = token_attr(r, 'source')
+      next if source_t.empty?
+
+      check_attr(r, 'owner', source_t[0])
+      check_attr(r, 'group', source_t[0])
+      check_attr(r, 'mode', source_t[0])
+    end
+  end 
+end
diff --git a/spec/puppet-lint/plugins/check_file_source_rights/source_without_rights_spec.rb b/spec/puppet-lint/plugins/check_file_source_rights/source_without_rights_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/puppet-lint/plugins/check_file_source_rights/source_without_rights_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'source_without_rights' do
+  context 'when rights are passed' do
+    let(:code) do
+      <<-EOS
+        file { '/tmp/foo':
+          ensure => file,
+          owner  => 'root',
+          group  => '0',
+          mode   => '0644',
+          source => 'puppet:///modules/bar/foo',
+        }
+
+        file { '/tmp/bar':
+          ensure  => file,
+          content => 'qux',
+        }
+      EOS
+    end
+
+    it 'should not detect any problems' do
+      expect(problems).to have(0).problems
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'when rights are not passed' do
+    let(:code) do
+      <<-EOS
+        file { '/tmp/foo':
+          ensure => file,
+          source => 'puppet:///modules/bar/foo',
+        }
+      EOS
+    end
+
+    it 'should detect 3 problems' do
+      expect(problems).to have(3).problems
+    end
+
+    it 'should create warnings' do
+      expect(problems).to contain_warning('file with source missing owner').on_line(3).in_column(11)
+      expect(problems).to contain_warning('file with source missing group').on_line(3).in_column(11)
+      expect(problems).to contain_warning('file with source missing mode').on_line(3).in_column(11)
+    end
+  end
+end