[chef] RE: Re: Chef User resource Password attribute

[Kapil Shardha < >]

Kenneth,

 

I am setting the attribute in the same recipe but in an earlier ruby_block. The printLocalAdminPass ruby_block prints the right password  :

 

ruby_block "getLocalAdminPass" do

                block do

                secret = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load_secret(secret_file_path)

                app_local_admin_pass = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load(node['databag_name'], "app_local_admin_pass", secret)           

                node.default['temp_app_pass']  = app_local_admin_pass["pass"]

                end

end

 

ruby_block "printLocalAdminPass" do

                block do

                pass = node['temp_app_pass']

                puts "------> Local Admin password is : " + pass

 

                end

end

 

 

When I manually (in GUI) try to create a user with the same password (“Password#1”) that is set in the above ruby_block, it works fine. I tried removing quotes around it but it does not work.

 

 

Thanks

 

-Kapil

 

 

 

From: Kenneth Barry [mailto:
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:58 PM
To:
Subject: [chef] Re: Chef User resource Password attribute

 

This might seem like a stupid question, but 

1) are you setting that attribute some toher palce?

2) are you trying to set it to a password which would meet the password requirements as the warning would give reason to believe it is not? 

3) Have you trying doing things just as you have them now but removing the quotes around the password attribute call?

 

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Kapil Shardha < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

I am trying to use Chef User resource to create a user on Windows platform. The password attribute is set like following:

 

user "TestUser" do

                password "#{node['temp_pass']}"

                action :create

end

 

where the ‘node[temp_pass]’ attribute is being set in a prior ruby_block resource. I get following error :

 

Compiled Resource:

------------------

# Declared in c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/UserCookbook/recipes/user_creation.rb:86:

in `from_file'

 

user("TestUser") do

  action [:create]

  supports {:manage_home=>false, :non_unique=>false}

  retries 0

  retry_delay 2

  username "TestUser"

  cookbook_name " UserCookbook"

  recipe_name " user_creation"

 

“ArgumentError: The password does not meet the password policy requirements.Check the minimum password length, password complexity and password history requirements”.

 

I think the node attribute is not being resolved within the user resource. I wanted to confirm if the password attribute can be set to accept password string from a node attribute. Any idea?

 

Thanks

 

-Kapil

 

 

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