[chef] Re: Reloading ohai during compilation?

[Bryan McLellan < >]

The error you included doesn't seem to match the example resource you
provided, but I think I can gather what you're trying to do. There's a
number of tricks required here.

1) Tell Ruby to close the passwd file so ohai can pick up your changes
2) Reload the ohai etc plugin after the creation of the user
3) Use the delayed attribute evaluation (lazy) so we don't evaluate
the attribute before it exists (CHEF-3731)

Note if you're dealing with LDAP or modifying nsswitch.conf for
anything, you've got another problem, and it's name is glibc
(CHEF-3780).

user "btm-test" do
  supports :manage_home => true
  home "/home/btm-test"
end

ruby_block "close the passwd file in Ruby" do
  block do
    Etc.endpwent
  end
end

ohai "reload passwd plugin" do
  action :reload
  plugin "passwd"
end

file "foo-btm" do
  path lazy { "#{node['etc']['passwd']['btm-test']['dir']}/foo" }
  content "words words words"
end

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