Hi,
I want to create a user with a random password. Is there a way to only
execute the manifest once when the user does not exist but not once
the user is created?
I know how to create a random password and can use generate to execute
this function (or make it a custom fact provided I get this fact
executed).
So far I call an add_user method define in a users module out of my
base class. Here is the code:
include users
users::add_user { 'testuser':
name => 'testuser',
uid => '777',
password => generate('/usr/local/bin/new_hash'),
shell => '/bin/csh',
groups => 'testuser',
}
But alas this will get executed every time the client runs since the
password will have changed due to the new generate call.
One work-around I could think of is to create the user on the client
(FreeBSD) using an exec calling the makepassword and pw command.
Then I could check for existance of the user in the masterpasswd file
with an unless check.
But I much prefer do this with Puppet natively.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Werner
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