Jira (PUP-1347) AIX user provider changes gecos field on every run if comment is ''

[Charlie Sharpsteen (JIRA)]

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Charlie Sharpsteen commented on an issue   Re: AIX user provider changes gecos field on every run if comment is '' Re-produced on AIX 5.3 using PE 3.3.2: # puppet --version 3.6.2 (Puppet Enterprise 3.3.2-rc0-12-ga6bc17f)   # puppet apply -e 'user {"aixtest": ensure => present, comment => ""}' Notice: Compiled catalog for pe-aix-53-support in environment production in 0.08 seconds Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/User[aixtest]/ensure: created Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.47 seconds   # puppet apply -e 'user {"aixtest": ensure => present, comment => ""}' Notice: Compiled catalog for pe-aix-53-support in environment production in 0.08 seconds Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/User[aixtest]/comment: defined 'comment' as '' Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.46 seconds   # puppet apply -e 'user {"aixtest": ensure => present, comment => ""}' Notice: Compiled catalog for pe-aix-53-support in environment production in 0.08 seconds Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/User[aixtest]/comment: defined 'comment' as '' Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.59 seconds Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1347 AIX user provider changes gecos field on every run if comment is '' if you define the following test class user { 'aixtest':   comment => '', } puppet is going to change the geocs (comment) field on every run, executing `chuser gecos= aixtest`. this happens because lsuser -c aixtest does not include the gecos field if it is empty. just change the class to user { 'aixtest':   comment => 'aixtest', } ... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- 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 post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.