Puppet users - Feb 2009 - Users with varying group memberships

Hey folks,

I have a question regarding users with varying group memberships.  If I
have two several nodes, and on each node I need user FOO present, but in
different groups, is the best approach to that an inheritance chain?


For example, a base class ''users'', and two other classes
''node1users''
and ''node2users'', both of which inherit users and execute
something like:


    User[''FOO''] { groups +> "node1group" }


Or, should the user definition use a conditional, like:

    @user { "FOO":
        uid    => "1100",
        groups => $hostname ? { node1 => "node1group", node2
=>
"node2group" };
    }



I''m not really sure what the best methodology is.  The former seems to
beget otherwise unnecessary inheritance chains, and the latter could
obviously get messy, especially if you $hostname as is done in the
example above.  Am I barking up the wrong tree, or are these the best
options available?


Thanks,
Ryan

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