Provided by: cdist_4.4.1-1_all bug

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

       state  absent or present, defaults to present

       comment
              see usermod(8)

       home   see above

       gid    see above

       password
              see above

       shell  see above

       uid    see above

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

       system see useradd(8), apply only on user create

       create-home
              see useradd(8), apply only on user create

       remove-home
              see userdel(8), apply only on user delete

MESSAGES

       mod    User is modified

       add    New user added

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.