Hi,
I have inherited some code to create users that doesn't work when removing
users . . . it's listed below. It works for adding users, but when it
comes to removing users I get:
err: /Stage[main]/Common/Common::Mkuser[oshi.apen]/Group[oshi.apen]/ensure:
change from present to absent failed: Could not delete group oshi.apen:
Execution of '/usr/sbin/groupdel oshi.apen' returned 8: groupdel: cannot
remove the primary group of user 'oshi.apen'
User requires the Group to be defined, which, again, works for adding users,
but not removing. My instinct is to have a condition test for remove/add
and set the dependencies from there, but that seems klunky and inelegant.
Anyone have any better code for adding/removing users? A suggestion?
Thanks a lot,
Guy
define common::mkuser (
$uid,
$gid = undef,
$group = undef,
$shell = "/bin/bash",
$home = undef,
$ensure = "present",
$managehome = true,
$dotssh = "ensure",
$comment = "created via puppet",
$groups = undef,
$password = undef,
$symlink = undef,
$mode = undef
) {
# if gid is unspecified, match with uid
if $gid {
$mygid = $gid
} else {
$mygid = $uid
} # fi $gid
# if home is unspecified, use /home/<username>
if $home {
$myhome = $home
} else {
$myhome = "/home/${name}"
} # fi $home
# if group is unspecified, use the username
if $group {
$mygroup = $group
} else {
$mygroup = $name
} # fi $group
if $password {
$mypassword = $password
} else {
$mypassword = '!!'
} # fi $password
# create user
user { $name:
uid => $uid,
gid => $mygid,
shell => $shell,
groups => $groups,
password => $password,
managehome => $managehome,
home => $myhome,
ensure => $ensure,
comment => $comment,
require => Group[$name],
} # user
group { $name:
gid => $mygid,
name => $mygroup,
ensure => $ensure,
} # group
# if link is passed a symlink will be used for ensure => , else we will
make it a directory
if $symlink {
#$myEnsure = $symlink
$myEnsure = 'symlink'
} else {
$myEnsure = 'directory'
} # fi $symlink
# if mode is unspecified, use 0700
if $mode {
$myMode = $mode
} else {
$myMode = '0700'
} # fi $mode
if $myEnsure == 'symlink' {
# link home dir
file { "$myhome":
ensure => symlink,
target => $symlink,
mode => $myMode,
owner => $name,
group => $name,
require => User["$name"],
} # file
} else {
# create home dir
file { "$myhome":
#ensure => $myEnsure,
ensure => directory,
mode => $myMode,
owner => $name,
group => $name,
require => User["$name"],
} # file
} # fi $myensure
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