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  1. Puppet
  2. PUP-10169

Generalize forcelocal parameter use for user/group resources

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Normal
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • PUP 6.13.0
    • None
    • Night's Watch
    • 2
    • NW - 2020-01-22, NW - 2020-02-05
    • Needs Assessment
    • Enhancement
    • The 'forcelocal' parameter can now be used on AIX for managing local user and group resources. This option conflicts with the 'ia_load_module' parameter.
    • Needs Assessment

    Description

      Currently, the forcelocal parameter forces the management of local accounts/groups when they are also being managed by some other NSS. However, this parameter is wrongly coupled with the libuser feature, which is a platform-specific application.

      This parameter can also be used on AIX and Windows, but due to the way it was implemented it is impossible to do so.

      PUP-9465 and PUP-10168 are tasked with separating the libuser functionality from the useradd/groupadd providers into a separate libuser provider.

      When that work is complete, we can work on generalizing the forcelocal parameter:

      • add a new feature called manages_local_users/groups
      • remove the libuser feature
      • make forcelocal require the new manages_local_users/groups feature instead
      • update impacted providers accordingly

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              luchian.nemes Luchian Nemes
              gabriel.nagy Gabriel Nagy
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