override values in puppet account creation

[Tim Dunphy]

Hey guys,

 I've got a puppet module that creates user accounts on linux machines.

 I'm trying to override a couple settings in my config for the user's shell and home directory. And I'm getting this error:

    Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Invalid parameter shell on Accounts::Virtual[mysql] at /etc/puppet/environments/production/modules/accounts/manifests/init.pp:70 on node solr1.jokefire.com

    Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog

    Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

I have the user virtual account definitions setup this way in the account module's init.pp: 

       @accounts::virtual { 'mysql':

         uid             =>  1007,

         shell           =>  '/bin/false',

         home            => '/var/lib/mysql',

         realname        =>  'mysql',

         pass            =>  'secret_hash',

        }

And this is how the virtual account definitions are setup:

    # Defined type for creating virtual user accounts

    #

    define accounts::virtual ($uid,$realname,$pass) {

    

      user { $title:

        ensure            =>  'present',

        uid               =>  $uid,

        gid               =>  $title,

        shell             =>  '/bin/bash',

        home              =>  "/home/${title}",

        comment           =>  $realname,

        password          =>  $pass,

        managehome        =>  true,

        require           =>  Group[$title]

      }

    

      group { $title:

        gid               =>  $uid,

      }

    

      file { "/home/${title}":

        ensure            =>  directory,

        owner             =>  $title,

        group             =>  $title,

        mode              =>  0750,

        require           =>  [ User[$title], Group[$title] ]

      }

    }

Where am I going wrong? Why can't I override these values?

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[Lowe Schmidt]

you probably need to lift up the parameters to the define. 

something like 

´´´´

define accounts::virtual ($uid, $realname, $pass, $shell='/bin/bash') {... }

´´´´

It's been awhile since I did program in puppet, but that should be a start.

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[Martin Alfke]

You need to specify all attributes of the resource type usage as parameters at the define:

accounts::virtual { ‘mysql’:
uid => ‘…’,
shell => ‘…'
home => ‘…’,
realname => ‘…’,
pass => ‘…’,
}

define accounts::virtual (
$uid,
$shell => ‘…’,
$home => ‘…’,
$realname => ‘…’,
$pass => ‘…',
){
…
}

Parameters within the define will be attributes on define declaration.

Best,
Martin

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