----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob B." <rbenc...@gmail.com> > To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:52:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Using generate() to mine a shadow file hash > > > Hey Christopher, > > Thanks for the reply. I will give this a try this morning. As for > your question about why we want to mine it, we want to change the > root password in out password manager software, have that change the > root password on the puppet master, and then have puppet distribute > the hash everywhere. It makes it easy to keep a single root for all > the systems we want it to manage.
quite sure this wont work, the puppet master does not run as root and so your generate wont have access to read shadow file. -- 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.