Hi John, On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:28 PM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org>wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 12:36:19 PM UTC-6, Josh Cooper wrote: >> >> I have a question for windows users out there. Adam recently reported a >> bug[1] that the managehome parameter on Windows doesn't work. According to >> the documentation (since 2.7.6), the "manages_homedir [feature is defined >> as] The provider can create and remove home directories."[2] >> >> As such, the fix for #15560 will create/delete the home directory when >> ensure => present/absent, respectively, and managehome => true. Note, >> managehome is false by default. This fix is targeted for 2.7.20 and is >> in alignment with other *nix-y user providers that support the >> manages_homedir feature, e.g. useradd. >> >> However, there may be users out there that have set `managehome => true` >> in their manifests, and are unaware of what that parameter means. Worse, >> they may be surprised when upgrading to 2.7.20. >> >> Clearly, we're fixing a bug, and matching the behavior as described in >> our documentation, but we'd also like to keep 2.7.20 as stable as possible. >> Comments welcome. >> >> Also, Puppet 3.0 does create and delete the home directory, as expected. >> > > > Create *and* delete? Is that just the Windows provider, or also the > others that support the manages_homedir feature? > The useradd provider deletes the home directory: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/3.0.x/lib/puppet/provider/user/useradd.rb#L86 As does pw: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/3.0.x/lib/puppet/provider/user/pw.rb#L59 And same for providers that extend those. > Historic behavior, at least for some providers, was to create the > homedir upon user creation, but not to remove it upon user removal. > I'm not sure how we got from historic behavior to now, or the reasons behind it. > There are circumstances in which that is preferable, and you certainly > would not want to surprise users who depend on it. > FWIW, managehome is false by default. It's only when it's true that you get create or delete behavior of the home directory. Josh -- Josh Cooper Developer, Puppet Labs -- 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.
