Jira (PUP-3653) Unable to create/force empty Windows groups

[Rob Reynolds (JIRA)]

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Rob Reynolds updated an issue   Puppet / PUP-3653 Unable to create/force empty Windows groups Change By: Rob Reynolds In Windows, many groups are built-in and cannot be removed, therefore 'ensure => absent' is useless.  Another approach would be to define the group as present with no members.  For example: {noformat} group { 'Guests':   ensure  => 'present',   members => [], } {noformat} In PUP 4.x+, because groups are not authoritative by default, you need the add auth_membership to the mix to force an existing group to empty. {noformat} group { 'Guests':   ensure  => 'present',   members => [],   auth_membership => true, } {noformat} Unfortunately, this will not remove any members of the built-in Guests group, but instead leave any members existing. The underlying goal is to ensure that all unnecessary groups are empty. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346-sha1:dbc023d) -- 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.