This type seems like it could have unwanted side effects. I'd prefer there be a way to specify the resource I want purged, instead of just all or nothing.
On Apr 21, 2:36 pm, Nigel Kersten <ni...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Forrie <for...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That only removes the management element, as I understand. > > > I can think of a couple of scenarios where I've had issues with this: > > > * ssh_authorized_keys - there is a bug where if a comment exists it > > just keeps dumping more copies of the keys. When a key is no longer > > managed, might be nice to have the option to edit it out. (yes I > > know you can just do a file://) > > > * NFS mounts. When a mount is no longer managed, I'd like to also > > remove the mount point under certain conditions. > > Have you looked at the Resources resource? It will let you purge > unmanaged resources of a given type. > > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html > > resources > > This is a metatype that can manage other resource types. Any > metaparams specified here will be passed on to any generated > resources, so you can purge umanaged resources but set noop to true so > the purging is only logged and does not actually happen. > > PARAMETERS > NAME > The name of the type to be managed. > > PURGE > Purge unmanaged resources. This will delete any resource that is not > specified in your configuration and is not required by any specified > resources. Valid values are true, false. > > UNLESS_SYSTEM_USER > This keeps system users from being purged. By default, it does not > purge users whose UIDs are less than or equal to 500, but you can > specify a different UID as the inclusive limit. Valid values are true, > false. Values can match /^\d+$/. -- 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 puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
