User_account Cookbook

Provides a lwrp to manage user accounts on systems.

Attributes

user::default

<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['user_account']['root_home']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>default root home path</td>
<td><tt>/home</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['user_account']['default_shell']</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>default shell to use per platform</td>
<td><tt>/bin/bash</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>

Resource/Provider

user_account

Actions

• create - creates a user
• delete - deletes a user

Attributes

• username - name of user account
• password - user password
• default_group - name of an existing default group to place user in (instead of creating a group same as username)
• groups - array of groups to add to the user
• home - override home dir if desired
• manage_home - whether to create the home dir
• ssh_keys - array of ssh keys
• uid - specify uid
• shell - shell to use
• include_nodes - only add user to list of nodes
• exclude_nodes - don't add user to list of nodes

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

• Author:: Jim Rosser(jarosser06@gmail.com)

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