On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:12:18 PM UTC-6, Richard Jacobsen wrote:
>
> Hi everyone. An example is worth 1000 words, so here's one:
>
> In this example I would like the home directory to be overridden to
> /testdir/me:
>
> @user { 'me':
> ensure => present,
> home => '/home/$title',
> tag => 'userclass1'
> }
>
> User <| tag == 'userclass1' |> {
> home => "/testhome/$title"
> }
>
> It actually gets overriden to /testhome/main, 'main' being the class the
> collector is in, puppet apply tries to:
> '/usr/sbin/useradd -d /testhome/main me'
>
> [...] I'd rather just use the virtual resource's $title. Is this
> possible, or am I asking too much from the resource collector?
It is not possible. Variable references are resolved in the scope in which
they appear, which in this case is the one provided by the class or defined
type instance in which the collection is declared. The collection does not
establish a new scope.
John
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