On Nov 1, 2010, at 3:29 PM, nickt wrote:

> What, if any, is the best way to programatically add lines to an
> existing file with puppet?  What I'm going for precisely is adding
> lines to either /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow (on Solaris) or /etc/
> security/access.conf (on Linux) at "run" time.  Adding lines to wind
> up with files along these lines, +...@mygrouptoletin:x:::::
> 
> /etc/passwd
> .
> .
> +...@myldapgroup:x:::::
> -:x:::::
> 
> /etc/shadow
> .
> .
> +...@myldapgroup:x:12345:::::

Use the User resource to add the user and set information about it.

> /etc/security/access.conf
> .
> .
> +:@myldapgroup:ALL


For this, use Augeas, puppet-concat, or templates.

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