Can't undef only be used with the inheritance syntax? The closest we have to initializing to undefined is an empty string ('') - you can compare this quite easily in .6 - check the language tut - but you need to do a case/selector for comparism pre-.6
E.g.; case $uid { '': { user { '..': other_params => whatever } } default: { user { '..': uid => $uid } } } On 4/11/2008, at 2:47 PM, "Paul Lathrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You want uid => undef > > --Paul > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Tim Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I have a define that acts as a convenience wrapper around the user >> type and a few other things. >> >> With the 'user' type, if don't pass the uid parameter, it will >> default >> to let the system auto-assign it. However, passing uid => null, >> false, -1, etc all try and set a specific uid, which is obviously >> wrong. >> >> Am I up a creek without a paddle :)? Anybody have any idea how to do >> this? >> >> Here's what I have so far (it sucks, but it's the best I could do to >> work around): >> >> define normal_user ( $ensure = present, $comment = "Puppet created >> user", $groups = [], $default_password = false, $key_type = "ssh- >> rsa", >> $key_name = "puppet-installed-key", $key = false, $uid = false, >> $gid = >> false) { >> # how do you pass in a variable as undefined??? >> if $uid { >> user { $title: >> ensure => $ensure, >> comment => $comment, >> home => "/home/$title", >> managehome => true, >> groups => $groups, >> gid => $gid, >> uid => $uid >> } >> } else { >> user { $title: >> ensure => $ensure, >> comment => $comment, >> home => "/home/$title", >> managehome => true, >> groups => $groups, >> } >> } >> if $key { >> ssh_authorized_key { $title: ensure => $ensure, type => >> $key_type, user => $title, name => $key_name, key => $key } >> } >> if $default_password { >> default_password { $title: password => $default_password } >> } >> } >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Tim >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---