CDIST-TYPE__USER

NAME

cdist−type__user − Manage users

DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to create or modify users on the target.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

comment

see usermod(8)

password

see above

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

create−home

see useradd(8), apply only on user create

remove−home

see userdel(8), apply only on user delete

MESSAGES

EXAMPLES

# Create user account for foobar with operating system default settings
__user foobar

# Same but with a different shell
__user foobar −−shell /bin/zsh

# Same but for a system account
__user foobar −−system

# Set explicit uid and home
__user foobar −−uid 1001 −−shell /bin/zsh −−home /home/foobar


# Drop user if exists
__user foobar −−state absent

SEE ALSO

pw(8), usermod(8)

AUTHORS

Steven Armstrong <steven−cdist−−@−−armstrong.cc>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.