[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Remove a user from a group?

[AJ Christensen < >]

Makes sense. :)

--AJ

On 16 March 2013 12:47, Ranjib Dey 
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 wrote:
> just to add, this information is also provided via ohai, hence accessible
> from node object
>
> as
>  node.etc.group.wheel.members
> or
> node[:etc][:group][:wheel][:members]
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:19 PM, AJ Christensen 
> <
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>  wrote:
>>
>> The actions: manage does not create the group, modify does. You can
>> use combinations of create/remove manage/modify to allow a number of
>> group configurations.
>>
>> You can use the ruby 'etc' std-lib module to query information about a
>> group at compile time (or converge via ruby_block. Shame we don't have
>> that delayed evaluation yet..)..
>>
>> irb(main):001:0> require 'etc'
>> => true
>> irb(main):002:0> wheel = Etc.getgrnam "wheel"
>> => #<struct Struct::Group name="wheel", passwd="x", gid=10, mem=["root",
>> "aj"]>
>> irb(main):003:0> wheel.mem
>> => ["root", "aj"]
>>
>> Cheers, HTH!
>>
>> AJ
>>
>> On 16 March 2013 12:10, Peter Loron 
>> <
 >
>>  wrote:
>> > Hi, AJ. From my reading of the group docs (URL below), I'm only seeing
>> > the
>> > ability to specify the complete set of users in a group, not the
>> > specific
>> > user to remove. If true, in order to remove a user from a group, I would
>> > need to know the list of all users in the group first, which I do not
>> > have.
>> > I could probably gin up a way to get that list, but it seems very broken
>> > to
>> > be able to add a specific user, but not remove one…
>> >
>> > Since I'm on the topic, is there any clarification between what the
>> > "manage"
>> > and "modify" actions do?
>> >
>> > http://docs.opscode.com/resource_group.html
>> >
>> > -Pete
>> >
>> > On Mar 15, 2013, at 3:41 PM, AJ Christensen 
>> > <
 >
>> >  wrote:
>> >
>> > You can :manage the entire group and remove a user from the 'members'
>> > attribute.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > AJ
>> >
>> > On 16 March 2013 10:15, Peter Loron 
>> > <
 >
>> >  wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello. I'm working with the "group" provider, and I can see how to add a
>> > user to a local group. However, I don't see a clean way to remove a user
>> > from a group. My Google-fu has failed me. Can anybody shed some light on
>> > this? Thanks.
>> >
>> > -Pete
>> >
>> >
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