-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jcbollinger wrote: > Puppet's resource model involves having a common front end for each > resource type that defines the available parameters, properties, and > features, plus one or more "providers" for that type that interact > with specific host environments to evaluate and update resource > instances on those environments. user_role_add.rb is one of the > providers for the User type. It is the default for Solaris, so if > you're running on Solaris then that's probably what you're using, and > if not then not.
Okay - my memory of why sucks but Solaris uses the standard useradd provider and some methods are overridden in the provider that adds roles support - including the libshadow password management. > I agree that the password management in that provider is rather > strange. It is usual for the User providers to rely on the host OS's > utilities to do work (e.g. user_role_add uses useradd, usermod, etc.), > so it is odd that password management is an exception. Moreover, it > is surpassingly strange that having rejected OS utilities for this > job, the provider does not rely on the Ruby shadow password library. > The code even contains comments complaining about manipulating the > shadow file directly! Possibly there may be a reason - see http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/1680. Andrew may be able to shed light on how/why libshadow didn't do whatever magic was needed. Andrew? Regards James Turnbull -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJKnDiNAAoJECFa/lDkFHAy7egIALguEHqQwlJhAJKkUay2+iDy jqjObwWD49lqStWPlKISqVgmDhpZ63U6lLPTiQ85DT2MZ+RIRlFI6ykrN++dplCx EoEV0EV+58FqRWZlVVU1ZZrUnVzSBirFFBQUdbiJXOOmP1zwkXExex4lkuIISD2k MtPtVuQ+dILsIKfLfMG9jnz9L0Yqehh3MrnICW3g0pQXtmN8u5RRf7h2SZHC/VcZ H0Osue520T7a7KZ73Z6xg/RaFBbxpWfaApGaG0g5gxv267lsQmCFzb5Gs9ubE358 nCzEjbwIbNe6XLG3l6Lu7rKtZAgtfXTM36AhmyydUeQoNukiqwuXKAKgcbR6isg= =9kL3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
