cdist/conf/type/__group/gencode-remote

#!/bin/sh
#
# 2011 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist at armstrong.cc)
# 2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
#
# This file is part of cdist.
#
# cdist is free software: 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.
#
# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
#
# Manage groups.
#

name="$__object_id"

get_current_value() {
   local key="$1"
   local index
   case "$key" in
      password)
         cut -d':' -f 2 "$__object/explorer/gshadow"
         break
      ;;
      gid) index=3;;
   esac
   cut -d':' -f $index "$__object/explorer/group"
}

cd "$__object/parameter"
if grep -q "^$name" "$__object/explorer/group"; then
   # group exists, only change changed values
   for property in $(ls .); do
      current_value=$(get_current_value "$property")
      new_value="$(cat "$property")"
      if [ "$new_value" != "$current_value" ]; then
         # Shedule changed properties for update
         set -- "$@" "--$property" \"$new_value\"
      fi
   done

   if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
      # Update changed properties
      echo groupmod $@ $name
   fi
else
   for property in $(ls .); do
      new_value="$(cat "$property")"
      set -- "$@" "--$property" \"$new_value\"
   done

   echo groupadd "$@" "$name"
fi