Issue #10915 has been updated by Josh Cooper. Subject changed from Managing passwords under AIX doesn't work to The "provider can not handle attribute" error is misleading
---------------------------------------- Bug #10915: The "provider can not handle attribute" error is misleading https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/10915 Author: Michael Bryant Status: Accepted Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: provider Target version: 2.7.x Affected Puppet version: 2.7.6 Keywords: AIX user provider puppet password Branch: <pre> err: /Stage[main]/Root_user/User[root]/password: change from [old password hash redacted] to [new password hash redacted] failed: The aix provider can not handle attribute password at /etc/puppet/modules/root_user/manifests/init.pp:35 </pre> A cursory look at the source shows that the aix user provider has the feature manages_passwords, but doesn't have the password attribute listed as being managed config: user { "root": ensure => "present", uid => "0", gid => "system", comment => "Super-User", home => "/", shell => "/usr/bin/ksh", password => 'REDACTED' } -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
