Feature #2667

Remove a user from a specific group

Added by Jos Backus over 2 years ago. Updated 4 months ago.

Status:Accepted Start date:09/21/2009
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

0%
Category:group
Target version:Telly
Affected Puppet version:0.24.8 Branch:
Keywords:
Votes: 1

Description

Currently, Puppet, at least on RedHat-based OSes has no means of removing a user from a specific group.

This capability is needed in order to be able to back out a change like the one below. The specified account may or may not be in other groups so one cannot use `membership => inclusive'.

Example:

group {
    'dbusers':
        gid    => 881,
        ensure => present;
}

user {
    mule:
        groups     => ['dbusers'],
        membership => minimum,
        require    => Group['dbusers'];
}

One solution would be to use the gpasswd command on RedHat-based OSes which supports syntax to remove a user from a group:

gpasswd -d user group

History

#1
Updated by James Turnbull over 2 years ago

  • Category changed from user to group
  • Status changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
  • Target version set to 2.6.0

#2
Updated by James Turnbull about 2 years ago

  • Target version changed from 2.6.0 to 2.7.x

#3
Updated by Nigel Kersten 10 months ago

Jos, would you be satisfied with the solution in #7241 instead?

I think that’s really the only sane path to head down.

#4
Updated by Nigel Kersten 10 months ago

  • Target version changed from 2.7.x to Telly

Also available in: Atom PDF