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On 2011-11-28 16:01, Dan White wrote:
> In my users class, I want to be able to push out custom dot-files when
> the user account is first created.
> Unfortunately, if one sets user:managehome => true, the dotfiles are
> created by default and the custom file is not pushed out unless you set
> file:replace => yes.
>
> The downside of this is that the dot-files would then have to be managed
> from the puppet-master, which, in this case, I would prefer to avoid. I
> want to push the custom dot-files out the first time only.
(Late answer, I know, but anyway.)
So, make useradd(8) not copy out those files you want to manage. Assuming
you want to give your users a specific .emacs file, something like this:
class no_skel_dot_emacs
{
file {
'/etc/skel/.emacs':
ensure => absent,
# We want this to happen *after* the /etc/skel/.emacs file
# is installed by the Emacs package...
require => Package['emacs-common'];
}
}
define myuser($uid, $gecos)
{
include no_skel_dot_emacs
user {
$name:
ensure => present, uid => $uid, $comment => $gecos,
managehome => true,
require => Class[no_skel_dot_emacs];
}
file {
"/home/${name}/.emacs":
ensure => file, replace => no,
content => template('.../dot-emacs.erb'),
owner => $name, group => $name, mode => 0644;
}
}
If /etc/skel/.emacs doesn't exist when useradd is run, it won't be copied
out to the user's home directory, and you won't have a conflict.
/Bellman
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