Simple_Users cookbook

Scope:

Chef cookbook to manage users.

Supported Platforms:

• Ubuntu 16.04 (tested with Kitchen)
• Ubuntu 14.04 was not tested however no ubuntu 16.04-specific commands are used here so it will probably work.
• CentOS 7 (tested with Kitchen)

USAGE:

• Set 'simple_users' as one of your dependencies
• Include simple_users::default in any of your recipes, roles or environments.

Add Users:

Add a block to the default attribute containing each of the following to create a user:
- name - Username.
- fullName - Full name of your new user (may contain spaces).
- passHash - Shadow-file hash of the desired password. The hash can be generated with the following commands:

openssl passwd -1 -salt xyz  yourpass

makepasswd --clearfrom=- --crypt-md5 <<< YourPass

• sshPubKey - ssh public key string to add to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
• action - create
• sudo - yes/no. Adding/removing the user from the sudoers file (only supported on Ubuntu for now)

Example of the default attribute file:

default['simple_users']['users'] = [
    {
        'name' => 'usernam01',
        'fullName' => 'User01 Name',
        'passHash' => 'A_Long_HASH_String...',
        'sshPubKey' => 'ssh-rsa YourSSHPublicKey...',
        'myAction' => 'create',
        'sudo' => 'yes'
    },
    {
        'name' => 'usernam02',
        'fullName' => 'User02 Name',
        'passHash' => 'A_Long_HASH_String...',
        'sshPubKey' => 'ssh-rsa YourSSHPublicKey...',
        'myAction' => 'create',
        'sudo' => 'no'
    }
]

Remove Users:

Add all the entries as mentioned above but put "remove" as the value of myAction.
ruby
{
'name' => 'usernam03',
'fullName' => 'User03 Name',
'passHash' => 'A_Long_HASH_String...',
'sshPubKey' => 'ssh-rsa YourSSHPublicKey...',
'myAction' => 'remove'
}


Removing Users from Sudoers

Put 'no' in the 'sudo' section of your user.

Note that the above must be a part of the same default['simple_users']['users'] array.