changing the root password on PUPPET master and init.pp

[DJames]

I understand that you must change the password on the host itself first, then change the password in /etc/puppet/modules/users/manifests/init.pp

what makes the password encrypted? Do i just put the non-encrypted new root password in the following sections? then puppet encrypts it?


lass users {
   case $operatingsystem {
      'RedHat', 'CentOS': {
         user {
            "root":
               comment  => '[ROOT]',
               uid      => 0,
               gid      => "root",
               home     => "/root",

password => $ ? {
                  4 => '',
                  5 => '',
                  6 => '',

[Darin Perusich]

You need to supply the encrypted password in the manifest.

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[DJames]

my existing setup ( sorry im new to this) i noticed each section for encrypted password is different, what change each value?
I was told put the same password (encrypted) in each 4 sections after i change the root password on the host. see below, i replaced the existing encryption with
"differ1, differ2, differ3, differ4 (solaris) values for e.g.)

case $operatingsystem {
      'RedHat', 'CentOS': {
         user {
            "root":
               comment  => '[ROOT]',
               uid      => 0,
               gid      => "root",
               home     => "/root",

               password => $lsbmajdistrelease ? {

                  4 => 'differ1',
                  5 => ''differ2',
                  6 => ''differ3',


 'Solaris': {
         user {
            "root":
               comment  => 'Super-User',
               uid      => 0,
               gid      => "0",
               home     => "/",
               password => differ4',
               shell    => "/bin/bash";