cdist/conf/type/__user/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 users.
#

name="$__object_id"

cd "$__object/parameter"
if grep -q "^${name}:" "$__object/explorer/passwd"; then
   for property in $(ls .); do
      new_value="$(cat "$property")"
      unset current_value

      file="$__object/explorer/passwd"

      case "$property" in
         gid)
            if $(echo "$new_value" | grep -q '^[0-9][0-9]*$'); then
               field=4
            else
               # We were passed a group name.  Compare the gid in
               # the user's /etc/passwd entry with the gid of the
               # group returned by the group explorer.
               gid_from_group=$(awk -F: '{ print $3 }' "$__object/explorer/group")
               gid_from_passwd=$(awk -F: '{ print $4 }' "$file")
               if [ "$gid_from_group" != "$gid_from_passwd" ]; then
                  current_value="$gid_from_passwd"
               else
                  current_value="$new_value"
               fi
            fi
         ;;
         password)
            field=2
            file="$__object/explorer/shadow"
         ;;
         comment) field=5 ;;
         home)    field=6 ;;
         shell)   field=7 ;;
         uid)     field=3 ;;
      esac

      # If we haven't already set $current_value above, pull it from the
      # appropriate file/field.
      if [ -z "$current_value" ]; then
         export field
         current_value="$(awk -F: '{ print $ENVIRON["field"] }' < "$file")"
      fi

      if [ "$new_value" != "$current_value" ]; then
         set -- "$@" "--$property" \'$new_value\'
      fi
   done

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

   echo useradd "$@" "$name"
fi