Puppet users - Aug 2012 - Ubuntu 12.04 adding user with password

Hi All,

I am trying to using Puppet to add a user with a password on an Ubuntu 
12.04 system with Ruby 1.8.7. I have tried this in the two ways as detailed 
below. In both cases, the attempt fails with the message "Provider useradd 
does not support features manages_passwords; not managing attribute 
password". I have read various posts about the requirement for libshadow. 
In both the approaches I tried, I *think* I am satisfying this but perhaps 
not. Any help is appreciated. 

1. Install libshadow at the command line and then run my puppet script
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install libshadow-ruby1.8
$puppet apply myuserscript
 
2. Install libshadow as part of my manifest setup. The relevant code from 
my classes is:
 
class hadoop::usr ($usr_name = ''hadoop'', $hashed_pw = undef) {
    
        include ruby::libshadow
 group { $usr_name:
ensure => present,
}
 user { $usr_name:
ensure     => present,
gid     => $usr_name,
home   => "/home/${usr_name}",
password => $hashed_pw,
managehome => true,
}
   Class[''ruby::libshadow''] -> Group[$usr_name] ->
User[$usr_name]
}

class ruby::libshadow {
package {''libshadow-ruby1.8'':
ensure => installed,
}
}

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Hi , I am facing the same error, were you able to get it working ?

cheers.

On Monday, August 6, 2012 11:33:05 PM UTC+5:30, Aaron Masino
wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to using Puppet to add a user with a password on an Ubuntu 
> 12.04 system with Ruby 1.8.7. I have tried this in the two ways as detailed
> below. In both cases, the attempt fails with the message "Provider
useradd
> does not support features manages_passwords; not managing attribute 
> password". I have read various posts about the requirement for
libshadow.
> In both the approaches I tried, I *think* I am satisfying this but perhaps 
> not. Any help is appreciated. 
>
> 1. Install libshadow at the command line and then run my puppet script
> $sudo apt-get update
> $sudo apt-get install libshadow-ruby1.8
> $puppet apply myuserscript
>  
> 2. Install libshadow as part of my manifest setup. The relevant code from 
> my classes is:
>  
> class hadoop::usr ($usr_name = ''hadoop'', $hashed_pw =
undef) {
>     
>         include ruby::libshadow
>  group { $usr_name:
> ensure => present,
> }
>  user { $usr_name:
> ensure     => present,
> gid     => $usr_name,
> home   => "/home/${usr_name}",
> password => $hashed_pw,
> managehome => true,
> }
>    Class[''ruby::libshadow''] -> Group[$usr_name] ->
User[$usr_name]
> }
>
> class ruby::libshadow {
> package {''libshadow-ruby1.8'':
> ensure => installed,
> }
> }
>
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On 08/06/2012 08:03 PM, Aaron Masino wrote:
> 1. Install libshadow at the command line and then run my puppet script
> $sudo apt-get update
> $sudo apt-get install libshadow-ruby1.8
> $puppet apply myuserscript
> 2. Install libshadow as part of my manifest setup. The relevant code
Does the approach 1 work?


About the approach 2 - you should run the agent *twice* because of the 
way puppet works. Node specifics, like facts and provider options are 
evaluated *before* compilation of catalog, so it''s obvious that 
manages_password will not be available.

I suggest that you install libshadow in through your installation setup 
(FAI, cobbler, or whatever do you use, if you use).



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I think what you are doing will work, but calling the resource with a 
require rather than including it as another class may be more elegant. 
Something like:

class hadoop::usr ($usr_name = ''hadoop'', $hashed_pw = undef) {
package {''libshadow-ruby1.8'':
ensure => installed,
}
group { $usr_name:
ensure => present,
}
 user { $usr_name:
ensure      => present,
gid       => $usr_name,
home    => "/home/${usr_name}",
password => $hashed_pw,
managehome => true,
                        require =>
Package[''libshadow-ruby1.8''],
}
}


On Monday, August 6, 2012 2:03:05 PM UTC-4, Aaron Masino
wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to using Puppet to add a user with a password on an Ubuntu 
> 12.04 system with Ruby 1.8.7. I have tried this in the two ways as detailed
> below. In both cases, the attempt fails with the message "Provider
useradd
> does not support features manages_passwords; not managing attribute 
> password". I have read various posts about the requirement for
libshadow.
> In both the approaches I tried, I *think* I am satisfying this but perhaps 
> not. Any help is appreciated. 
>
> 1. Install libshadow at the command line and then run my puppet script
> $sudo apt-get update
> $sudo apt-get install libshadow-ruby1.8
> $puppet apply myuserscript
>  
> 2. Install libshadow as part of my manifest setup. The relevant code from 
> my classes is:
>  
> class hadoop::usr ($usr_name = ''hadoop'', $hashed_pw =
undef) {
>     
>         include ruby::libshadow
>  group { $usr_name:
> ensure => present,
> }
>  user { $usr_name:
> ensure     => present,
> gid     => $usr_name,
> home   => "/home/${usr_name}",
> password => $hashed_pw,
> managehome => true,
> }
>    Class[''ruby::libshadow''] -> Group[$usr_name] ->
User[$usr_name]
> }
>
> class ruby::libshadow {
> package {''libshadow-ruby1.8'':
> ensure => installed,
> }
> }
>
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