[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-08-04 Thread Asif Iqbal
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Larry Ludwig wrote: > > > Why are you using exec type for user and group, when these types > already exist?  I didn't read the complete thread so I donno if this I am still learning. So I guess I could modify the newuser::newid like following class newuser {

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-08-04 Thread Larry Ludwig
Why are you using exec type for user and group, when these types already exist? I didn't read the complete thread so I donno if this was discussed. The exec type should always be used as the last resort. -L -- Larry Ludwig Reductive Labs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-08-04 Thread Asif Iqbal
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Asif Iqbal wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:43 AM, David Schmitt wrote: >> >> Asif Iqbal wrote: >>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Schmitt wrote: Asif Iqbal wrote: > So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a > solution th

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-08-03 Thread Asif Iqbal
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:43 AM, David Schmitt wrote: > > Asif Iqbal wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Schmitt wrote: >>> Asif Iqbal wrote: So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a solution that will be really useful to others. Lets start w

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-31 Thread David Schmitt
Asif Iqbal wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Schmitt wrote: >> Asif Iqbal wrote: >>> So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a >>> solution that will be really useful to others. >>> >>> Lets start w/ real basic. >>> >>> I have 300 hosts. I like a push a user to

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-30 Thread Asif Iqbal
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Schmitt wrote: > > Asif Iqbal wrote: >> So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a >> solution that will be really useful to others. >> >> Lets start w/ real basic. >> >> I have 300 hosts. I like a push a user to about 100 hosts (dns >> r

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-29 Thread Asif Iqbal
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:35 PM, David Schmitt wrote: > > Asif Iqbal wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Schmitt wrote: >>> Asif Iqbal wrote: So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a solution that will be really useful to others. Lets start

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-29 Thread David Schmitt
Asif Iqbal wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Schmitt wrote: >> Asif Iqbal wrote: >>> So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a >>> solution that will be really useful to others. >>> >>> Lets start w/ real basic. >>> >>> I have 300 hosts. I like a push a user to

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-29 Thread Asif Iqbal
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, David Schmitt wrote: > > Asif Iqbal wrote: >> So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a >> solution that will be really useful to others. >> >> Lets start w/ real basic. >> >> I have 300 hosts. I like a push a user to about 100 hosts (dns >> r

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-28 Thread David Schmitt
Asif Iqbal wrote: > So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a > solution that will be really useful to others. > > Lets start w/ real basic. > > I have 300 hosts. I like a push a user to about 100 hosts (dns > resolver type hosts) out of 300 total. > > How do I set that up

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-28 Thread Asif Iqbal
Hi Teyo, I seem to be lost in your explanations. BTW, I do not need to use fqdn. I realized, I started looking for a recipe that will be very complicated for a beginner like me. So I think I should start small and simple and it may grow to a solution that will be really useful to others. Lets s

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet recipes

2009-07-15 Thread Teyo Tyree
Hey Asif, On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Asif Iqbal wrote: > > Hi > > I am looking for recipe or some hints to a recipe that can help me > achieve the following > > I have about 300 servers of different functions. To make it easy I > decided to keep multiple group dirs based on the > function