Got it to work like this:
$myuser = $identity['user']
$mygroup = $identity['group']
file { "/Users/${myuser}/Applications/mpbar/mpdbar.sh":
ensure => 'file',
owner => $myuser,
group => $mygroup,
mode => '0755',
source => "puppet:///modules/mybarmodule/mpdbar.sh",
backup => 'false',
}
On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 1:16:06 PM UTC-4, Luis Zuniga wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Wondering how to substitute the OS X username into the manifest document.
>
> Here are the details:
>
> *On the OS X client:*
>
> Username is user1
>
>
> *on the puppet server:*
>
> sites.pp file:
>
>
> file { "/Users/$identity['user']/Applications/mpbar/myscript.sh":
> ensure => 'file',
> owner => 'user1',
> group => 'staff',
> mode => '0755',
> source => "puppet:///modules/mymodule/myscript.sh",
> backup => 'false',
> }
>
>
> If I hard code 'user1' everything works but when I try to substitute the
> username from the agent I get all the key pairs from identity and not just
> the user name (user1):
>
> /Users/{gid => 20, group => staff, uid => 504, user =>
> user1}['user']/Applications/mpbar/myscript.sh
>
>
> I've tried $identity.user as well with no luck.
>
> Any advice on how I can get the local OS X username passed into the
> sites.pp file so this works properly?
>
> Appreciate any help.
>
> Luis
>
>
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