[chef] How to pass hash password from ruby-block to user resource

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Hi All,

I am trying to implement a cookbook which would create users by reading
passwords from attributes file ( non hash password ex: 

 )

And for this, my cookbook is as follows :

1. Contains of attributes file ( attributes/attr.rb )

default['my']['instance']['users']=[{uid:
1004,user_name:'m1',homedir:'/home/m1',password:'
 '},{uid:
1003,user_name:'m2',homedir:'/home/m2',password:'
 '},{uid:
 1002,
user_name:'m3',homedir:'/home/m3',password:'
 '}]

2. Recipe : 

password_hash=''
node['my']['instance']['users'].each do |each_user|
    ruby_block "Generating hash password" do
        block do
            require 'digest/sha2'
            password=each_user['password']
            salt=rand(36**8).to_s(36)
            shadow_hash=password.crypt("$6$" + salt)
            password_hash=shadow_hash
        end
    end

    user each_user['user_name'] do
        password "#{password_hash}"
        home each_user['homedir']
        system true
        action :create
        manage_home true
        uid each_user['uid']
    end
end


After execution of the cookbook, respective users are created appropriately 
but
passwords are set blank.

Looks like the variable which I am trying to access in the password attribute
of user resource is not correct.

Please let me how can I resolve this.

Note : In my case, I dont want to use databags

Thanks,
Pratik