Jira (PUP-10237) User resource with allowdupe executes usermod -o without -u {uid} argument

[Theo van Oostrum (JIRA)]

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Theo van Oostrum created an issue   Puppet / PUP-10237 User resource with allowdupe executes usermod -o without -u {uid} argument Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 6.3.0 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Types and Providers Created: 2020/01/17 4:11 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Theo van Oostrum Puppet Version: 5.4.0 Puppet Server Version: 6.3.0 OS Name/Version: Ubuntu 18.04 I need to ensure a user with the same uid as another existing user but a different name. Creating the second user is done correctly, but when the second user's password is changed, puppet says it has changed the user's password successfully while in fact it has not changed the password. Any subsequent runs will also result in puppet reporting a change while actual password is never changed. Desired Behavior: When the user already exists the password is changed successfully with the option allowdupe. Actual Behavior: puppet code:   # ensure first user user { 'user1name': ensure => present, uid => $uid, gid => $uid, home => $homedir, shell => $user1[shell], password => $user1[password] }   # ensure second user with allowdupe and same uid user { 'user2name': ensure => present, uid => $uid, gid => $uid, allowdupe => true, home => $homedir, shell => $user2[shell], password => $user2[password], require => [File[$homedir], Group[$user2[group]]] }     Puppet output with --debug flag: Debug: Executing: '/usr/sbin/usermod -p $6$rounds=5000$viVABC4ghFf32fu7$WynOf/iDV93iipWfANkKAomDTCqBk9IZK/NihhJaeuMuSDrzUVfFqg91/V9lWr2GK1D/E2.bqNJzUpMK2Xest1 -o user2name' Notice: /Stage[pre]/Xroles::Users::Pre/User[user2name]/password: changed password Debug: /User[user2name]: The container Class[Xroles::Users::Pre] will propagate my refresh event Manually executing the usermod command as logged by puppet results in the error:  usermod: -o flag is only allowed with the -u flag It seems that the -u flag is missing from the command that is being executed to edit the user password. Or is it possible that I am declaring my resource(s) in the wrong way? If there is an issue in the code it will most likely be in: /lib/puppet/provider/user/useradd.rb     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.342488.1579263095000.28202.1579263120127%40Atlassian.JIRA.