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Managing users and groups
Manage local user database.
account($user_name, %options)
Manage user accounts.
Options
- ensure - Defines the state of the account. Valid parameters are present, absent.
- uid - The user id.
- groups - The groups the user should be member of. The first group is the primary.
- home - The home directory.
- expire - Date when the account will expire. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
- password - Cleartext password for the user.
- crypt_password - Crypted password for the user. Available on Linux, OpenBSD and NetBSD.
- system - Create a system user.
- create_home - If the home directory should be created. Valid parameters are TRUE, FALSE.
- ssh_key - Add ssh key to authorized_keys.
- comment
account "krimdomu",ensure => "present", # defaultuid => 509,home => '/home/krimdomu',comment => 'User Account',expire => '2011-05-30',groups => [ 'users', 'wheel' ],password => 'blahblah',create_home => TRUE,ssh_key => "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQChUw...";
group($group_name, %options)
Manage groups.
Options
- ensure - Defines the state of the group. Valid parameters are present, absent.
- gid - The group id.
- system - Create a system group.
group "users",ensure => "present";
