Jira (PUP-9973) Can't create users using useradd provider when specifying uid since 6.8.0

[Josh Cooper (JIRA)]

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Josh Cooper commented on PUP-9973   Re: Can't create users using useradd provider when specifying uid since 6.8.0 Using user { 'test': ensure => present, uid => 123, password => 'pass123!!' } # puppet apply user.pp ... Error: /Stage[main]/Main/User[test]/ensure: change from 'absent' to 'present' failed: Could not create user test: Execution of '[redacted]' returned 1: Error: Could not execute posix command: no implicit conversion of Integer into String /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/execution.rb:370:in `exec' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/execution.rb:370:in `block (2 levels) in execute_posix' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:128:in `withenv' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/execution.rb:369:in `block in execute_posix' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:502:in `block in safe_posix_fork' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:483:in `fork' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util.rb:483:in `safe_posix_fork' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/execution.rb:333:in `execute_posix' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/execution.rb:227:in `execute' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider.rb:101:in `execute' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/nameservice.rb:177:in `create' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/user/useradd.rb:261:in `create' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/type/user.rb:66:in `block (3 levels) in <module:Puppet>' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/property.rb:490:in `set' Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.7.1#77002-sha1:e75ca93) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.322037.1566509702000.71124.1566585720284%40Atlassian.JIRA.