> 2. is going to do unnecessary work (and I'll have to create the user > if they don't exist anyway)
I've written types that do this with great success. Be careful that performing that repetitive action isn't expensive or otherwise degrading to normal operation. If it creates any kind of race condition or nasty blocking behavior, you may be best off with option 3. Rich -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.