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Created January 20, 2011 16:59
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chef recipe to generate ssh key for a user
define :generate_ssh_keys, :user_account => nil do
username = params[:user_account]
raise ":user_account should be provided." if username.nil?
Chef::Log.debug("generate ssh skys for #{username}.")
execute "generate ssh skys for #{username}." do
user username
creates "/home/#{username}/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
command "ssh-keygen -t rsa -q -f /home/#{username}/.ssh/id_rsa -P \"\""
end
end
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