On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 10:46:07AM +0100, Arnau Bria wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to define a selecto when defining "user" type default:
>
> User {
> ensure => present,
> provider => useradd,
> managehome => $name ? {
> /^at/ => true,
> default => false,
> }
> }
>
> It is not working and I have not found any place that says that it is
> possible.
>
> Anyone knows if this is possible? and if yes, what am I doing wrong?
You could do this using a define. A resource default isn't some kind
of macro that is invoked whenever an instance of the resource is
evaluated; the code of the defaults declaration is evaluated in place,
when it is first encountered. $name doesn't exist at the time you
declare the defaults. (You're lucky you didn't do this inside a code
block where $name is meaningful, or your error would have been hidden
and produced bizarre side effects).
To do what you want, the way you want to it, you would need to create a
my_user define and put the code in there. However, there's no need to
do it this way at all. What's wrong with just having
User {
ensure => 'present',
provider => 'useradd',
managed => false
}
and then
user { 'at':
managed => true
}
Is there some reason you don't want that? Hmm. Are you perhaps
working under the mistaken assumption that a User defaults declaration
will affect all users on the box? Because the truth is that it will
only affect any users explicitly declared in your Puppet manifests.
--
Bruce
It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
his head smells.
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