On Wednesday, 7 March 2012 at 01:38, Forrie wrote:
> I read that this doesn't always work on every OS. However, I'm on
> RHEL, and from what I'm reading the following should correctly set /
> etc/shadow:
>
>
> @user { "myuser":
> require => Group['staff'],
> ensure => present,
> uid => '2345',
> gid => '90',
> shell => '/bin/bash',
> comment => 'myuser',
> home => '/home/myuser',
> managehome => true,
> password => "$1$BfhBSUJv$ajfjgfhdskdgfljkfdglkjfdlkfd.", #
> fake hash for this post
> }
>
>
> It creates the user and dependency, but doesn't touch /etc/shadow.
>
> I need to be able to set this hash with the virtual user for the
> systems we manage. Is there some workaround for this, or is my
> syntax incorrect?
Hi,
Why did you use `@file' definition instead of `file'? `@file' only creates
virtual resource which will not change anything in your system until you refer
to it using `<||>' notation. This link should clarify you this topic:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/virtual_resources.html
Best,
--
Dominik Zyla
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