NAME

cdist-type__group - Manage groups

DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to create or modify groups on the target.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

state: absent or present, defaults to present
gid: see groupmod(8)
password: see above

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

system: see groupadd(8), apply only on group creation

MESSAGES

mod: group is modified
add: New group added
remove: group is removed
change <property> <new_value> <current_value>: Changed group property from current_value to new_value
set <property> <new_value>: set property to new value, property was not set before

EXAMPLES

# Create a group 'foobar' with operating system default settings
__group foobar
# Remove the 'foobar' group
__group foobar --state absent
# Create a system group 'myservice' with operating system default settings
__group myservice --system
# Same but with a specific gid
__group foobar --gid 1234
# Same but with a gid and password
__group foobar --gid 1234 --password 'crypted-password-string'

AUTHORS

Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

COPYRIGHT

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