[chef] Re: Re: Managing user dotfiles under chef -- as files?

[Edward Morbius < >]

Separate, per-user config files.  We may seed them from a skeleton
template initially, but they'll be allowed to differ from one another
over time.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Larry Wright 
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 wrote:
> It's not clear whether each person has their own distinct configurations, or
> if they are all a common configuration. If it's the former, perhaps try
> putting each person's configuration in a separate Git repo and pulling it in
> in a cookbook. If it's the latter, I have typically just had a recipe that
> lays down these files using cookbook_file.
>
> --
> Larry Wright
>
> On Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Edward Morbius wrote:
>
> We're developing a chef repo, one component of which is managing a
> small set of users (admins and engineers) from within chef.
>
> Our current method of deploying various dotfiles and config files
> (.vimrc, .screenrc, etc.) serialized within a json file. Which works.
>
> But it's not particularly amenable to editing those files (we could
> unpack and repack them of course).
>
> I've done some searching but don't see an established M.O. for
> handling user files _as files_ within Chef.
>
> Is this advisable?
> If not, is there a better method for doing so?
> Am I barking up the wrong giraffe?
>
> --
> Dr. Ed Morbius
> Chief Scientist / Philologist / Robot Wrangler / Powerplant Operator
> Krell Power Systems Unlimited
>
>



-- 
Dr. Ed Morbius
Chief Scientist / Philologist / Robot Wrangler / Powerplant Operator
Krell Power Systems Unlimited