Puppet users - Aug 2011 - Creating a user (or other type) from hash?

Is it possible to create a user from a hash variable?  For example, 
depending on location, and other factors I need to either set a UID on a 
user, and possibly set a password, and shell.  If the server is in a 
different location though, I don''t want to set the UID, or a password.

Is it possible to do something like:

$myvar = {
  ensure => present,
  group => ''''jboss'',
  uid => 901,
  password => pwhash,
}

user{''jboss'':
  $myvar
}

This fails at the user definition.

Kevin. 

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Puppet Users" group.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/NDyrvi-evY0J.
To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.

Perhaps the create_resources (
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/2.7.3/function.html#createresources)
function is what you''re looking for?

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Kevin Wolf <kwolf72@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to create a user from a hash variable?  For example,
> depending on location, and other factors I need to either set a UID on a
> user, and possibly set a password, and shell.  If the server is in a
> different location though, I don''t want to set the UID, or a
password.
>
> Is it possible to do something like:
>
> $myvar = {
>   ensure => present,
>   group => ''''jboss'',
>   uid => 901,
>   password => pwhash,
> }
>
> user{''jboss'':
>   $myvar
> }
>
> This fails at the user definition.
>
> Kevin.
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Puppet Users" group.
> To view this discussion on the web visit
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/NDyrvi-evY0J.
> To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
>


-- 
Adrien Thebo
adrien@puppetlabs.com

-- 
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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.