On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:30 AM, wernerbahlke <werner.bah...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > > I want to create a user with a random password. Is there a way to only > execute the manifest once when the user does not exist but not once > the user is created? > For situations like this I use the puppet generate() function to create the random password and store it in a persistent data store on the master. e.g. an SQLITE database or something. This way, the password is generated randomly if it does not exist and the same password is used if it does already exist. It's important to have the resource always be managed, that way if the password is changed on the managed node Puppet will realize this, change it to the value you're managing, and report that it did so. -Jeff -- 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.
