[chef] Re: RE: Re: Re: User Management

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Kevin Keane Subscription wrote:

> RE: [chef] Re: Re: User Management  
> Just out of curiosity, do you know if ohai actually scans the file, or uses 
> the getpwent utility or API to do it?
> The difference is that getpwent would also pick up users coming from Active 
> Directory, LDAP etc., depending on you nssswitch.conf configuration.
> Kevin Keane
> The NetTech

Uses ruby’s Etc module which uses the system calls to get the data. So it 
will have AD/LDAP users if those are configured. For this reason, it’s common 
to disable the plugin in those environments. Ideally we could find a more 
elegant solution to that but there’s kind of a sharp divide between users who 
like to have all ohai data available for search, etc. vs. those who’d prefer 
a more opt-in approach, plus there’s compatibility concerns.

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Daniel DeLeo