Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: CFEngine Help: User Management Author: zzamboni Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24589,24590#msg-24590
Nick, thanks for the mention. Just for reference, an up-to-date version of my create_users() bundle (which is used in my book - I think for now it's identical to the one you linked to, but it may change) is here: http://cf-learn.info/code/ch04/sys_create_users.cf.html I couldn't figure out a way to compute days-since-epoch without spawning a process. But perl is a relatively heavyweight process. Maybe this could be used instead: expr `date +%s` / 86400 Not sure if it would really be lighter, since now we have two processes (expr and date). I personally don't like the direct-file-editing approach to managing users, because it is highly system-dependent, and it only works for local users. By using commands, you ensure that the system does whatever housekeeping tasks need to be done, and it could conceivably be used to manage any kind of users. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
