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For illustrating purposes,
I need a *david* user with home directory /haha/david,
and at the same time, the directory /haha also needs to be owned by *david*.

this code does not work,
because user requires the /haha directory, and the /haha directory requires
the david user,
so we have a circular dependency,
and it seems that puppet does not know how to handle this.

user {'david':
   ensure => present,
   home => '/haha/david',
   managehome => true
}

file {'/haha':
   ensure => directory,
   owner => 'david'
}


how to solve this?



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  • Arpin Dominique (Nter) at Jan 30, 2014 at 4:31 pm ⇧
    Hi,

    Simple :

    User[‘david’]->File[‘/haha’]

    Ref: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ordering.html



    Dominique Arpin
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    De : [email protected] De la part de David Portabella
    Envoyé : 30 janvier, 2014 11:28
    À : [email protected]
    Objet : [Puppet Users] circular dependency between user/home and parent directory owned by that user

    For illustrating purposes,
    I need a david user with home directory /haha/david,
    and at the same time, the directory /haha also needs to be owned by david.

    this code does not work,
    because user requires the /haha directory, and the /haha directory requires the david user,
    so we have a circular dependency,
    and it seems that puppet does not know how to handle this.

    user {'david':
       ensure => present,
       home => '/haha/david',
       managehome => true
    }

    file {'/haha':
       ensure => directory,
       owner => 'david'
    }


    how to solve this?



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  • David Portabella at Jan 30, 2014 at 4:51 pm ⇧
    again,
    it is a circular dependency.

    what you are saying is to first create user and then file.
    but to create the user, we need the file first also.


    On Thursday, January 30, 2014 5:31:10 PM UTC+1, Arpin Dominique (Nter)
    wrote:
    Hi,



    Simple :



    User[‘david’]->File[‘/haha’]



    Ref: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ordering.html







    *Dominique Arpin*

    Tél. Interne: 140-4156

    Tél. 514 285.2929 Poste: 140-4156


    *De :* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto:
    [email protected] <javascript:>] *De la part de* David Portabella
    *Envoyé :* 30 janvier, 2014 11:28
    *À :* [email protected] <javascript:>
    *Objet :* [Puppet Users] circular dependency between user/home and parent
    directory owned by that user



    For illustrating purposes,

    I need a *david* user with home directory /haha/david,

    and at the same time, the directory /haha also needs to be owned by
    *david*.



    this code does not work,

    because user requires the /haha directory, and the /haha directory
    requires the david user,

    so we have a circular dependency,

    and it seems that puppet does not know how to handle this.



    user {'david':

    ensure => present,

    home => '/haha/david',

    managehome => true

    }



    file {'/haha':

    ensure => directory,

    owner => 'david'

    }





    how to solve this?







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  • Peter Romfeld at Jan 30, 2014 at 4:55 pm ⇧
    hi, im still new to puppet, but from linux logic cant you just first ensure
    file is there with (deployment)-group permissions -> create user (with same
    group) -> change permissions

    On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:51 AM, David Portabella wrote:

    again,
    it is a circular dependency.

    what you are saying is to first create user and then file.
    but to create the user, we need the file first also.


    On Thursday, January 30, 2014 5:31:10 PM UTC+1, Arpin Dominique (Nter)
    wrote:
    Hi,



    Simple :



    User['david']->File['/haha']



    Ref: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ordering.html







    *Dominique Arpin*

    Tél. Interne: 140-4156

    Tél. 514 285.2929 Poste: 140-4156


    *De :* [email protected] *De
    la part de* David Portabella

    *Envoyé :* 30 janvier, 2014 11:28
    *À :* [email protected]

    *Objet :* [Puppet Users] circular dependency between user/home and
    parent directory owned by that user



    For illustrating purposes,

    I need a *david* user with home directory /haha/david,

    and at the same time, the directory /haha also needs to be owned by
    *david*.



    this code does not work,

    because user requires the /haha directory, and the /haha directory
    requires the david user,

    so we have a circular dependency,

    and it seems that puppet does not know how to handle this.



    user {'david':

    ensure => present,

    home => '/haha/david',

    managehome => true

    }



    file {'/haha':

    ensure => directory,

    owner => 'david'

    }





    how to solve this?







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  • Andrey Kozichev at Jan 30, 2014 at 5:40 pm ⇧
    Something like managehome => false ?
    On 30 Jan 2014 16:51, "David Portabella" wrote:

    again,
    it is a circular dependency.

    what you are saying is to first create user and then file.
    but to create the user, we need the file first also.


    On Thursday, January 30, 2014 5:31:10 PM UTC+1, Arpin Dominique (Nter)
    wrote:
    Hi,



    Simple :



    User['david']->File['/haha']



    Ref: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ordering.html







    *Dominique Arpin*

    Tél. Interne: 140-4156

    Tél. 514 285.2929 Poste: 140-4156


    *De :* [email protected] *De
    la part de* David Portabella
    *Envoyé :* 30 janvier, 2014 11:28
    *À :* [email protected]
    *Objet :* [Puppet Users] circular dependency between user/home and
    parent directory owned by that user



    For illustrating purposes,

    I need a *david* user with home directory /haha/david,

    and at the same time, the directory /haha also needs to be owned by
    *david*.



    this code does not work,

    because user requires the /haha directory, and the /haha directory
    requires the david user,

    so we have a circular dependency,

    and it seems that puppet does not know how to handle this.



    user {'david':

    ensure => present,

    home => '/haha/david',

    managehome => true

    }



    file {'/haha':

    ensure => directory,

    owner => 'david'

    }





    how to solve this?







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  • Jcbollinger at Jan 31, 2014 at 2:25 pm ⇧

    On Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:51:20 AM UTC-6, David Portabella wrote:
    again,
    it is a circular dependency.

    what you are saying is to first create user and then file.
    but to create the user, we need the file first also.
    An explicit relationship between the two resources takes precedence over
    the autorequire that would otherwise establish a relationship in the
    opposite direction. There should no longer be a cycle in the relationship
    graph.

    It may nevertheless be the case that applying the catalog fails because the
    User provider can't handle the non-existence of the home directory's parent
    directory. That would be quite reasonable, and not really an issue with
    Puppet itself. It would arise from the behavior of the system tools (e.g.
    useradd) that Puppet relies upon. You ought to be able to work around that
    by setting managehome => false as Andrew suggested, coupled with managing
    the declared home directory via Puppet.

    Nobody has yet asked, however, *why* you want to configure things this
    way. The fact that it's tricky to do with Puppet is a reflection of the
    fact that it is weird and non-standard in general (and not straightforward
    to do manually). If user 'david' is going to own /haha, then why shouldn't
    that be his home directory instead of a subdirectory of it?


    John

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  • Dan White at Jan 30, 2014 at 5:28 pm ⇧
    Actually, simpler than that.
    Using the stdlib puppet-forge module, I can say

    $homedirdir = dirname ( $userhome )

    and then

                 exec { "mkdir-${username}":
                     command => "/bin/mkdir -p ${homedirdir}",
                     unless => "test -d ${homedirdir}",
                 }

    When the user resource is created, this combination creates the directory with the proper permissions.

                 user { $username:
                     ensure => present,
                     home => $userhome,
                     require => Exec["mkdir-${username}"],
                     ....
                 }


    “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” (Bill Waterson: Calvin & Hobbes)

    On Jan 30, 2014, at 11:31 AM, "Arpin Dominique (Nter)" wrote:

    Hi,



    Simple :



    User[‘david’]->File[‘/haha’]



    Ref: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ordering.html







    Dominique Arpin

    Tél. Interne: 140-4156

    Tél. 514 285.2929 Poste: 140-4156


    De : [email protected] De la part de David Portabella
    Envoyé : 30 janvier, 2014 11:28
    À : [email protected]
    Objet : [Puppet Users] circular dependency between user/home and parent directory owned by that user



    For illustrating purposes,

    I need a david user with home directory /haha/david,

    and at the same time, the directory /haha also needs to be owned by david.



    this code does not work,

    because user requires the /haha directory, and the /haha directory requires the david user,

    so we have a circular dependency,

    and it seems that puppet does not know how to handle this.



    user {'david':

    ensure => present,

    home => '/haha/david',

    managehome => true

    }



    file {'/haha':

    ensure => directory,

    owner => 'david'

    }





    how to solve this?







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