debug.txt

DEBUG: Processing user[lachie]
DEBUG: user[lachie] using Chef::Provider::User::Useradd
DEBUG: Setting user[lachie] comment to Lachie Cox
DEBUG: Managing the home directory for user[lachie]
DEBUG: Executing usermod -c 'Lachie Cox' -m lachie
DEBUG: Nothing to read on 'usermod -c 'Lachie Cox' -m lachie' STDOUT.
DEBUG: ---- Begin usermod -c 'Lachie Cox' -m lachie STDERR ----
DEBUG: Usage: usermod [options] LOGIN

Options:
  -c, --comment COMMENT		new value of the GECOS field
  -d, --home HOME_DIR		new home directory for the user account
  -e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE	set account expiration date to EXPIRE_DATE
  -f, --inactive INACTIVE	set password inactive after expiration
				to INACTIVE
  -g, --gid GROUP		force use GROUP as new primary group
  -G, --groups GROUPS		new list of supplementary GROUPS
  -a, --append		append the user to the supplemental GROUPS
				mentioned by the -G option without removing
				him/her from other groups
  -h, --help			display this help message and exit
  -l, --login NEW_LOGIN		new value of the login name
  -L, --lock			lock the user account
  -m, --move-home		move contents of the home directory to the new
				location (use only with -d)
  -o, --non-unique		allow using duplicate (non-unique) UID
  -p, --password PASSWORD	use encrypted password for the new password
  -s, --shell SHELL		new login shell for the user account
  -u, --uid UID			new UID for the user account
  -U, --unlock			unlock the user account
DEBUG: ---- End usermod -c 'Lachie Cox' -m lachie STDERR ----
ERROR: user[lachie] (/home/lachie/chef/cookbooks/plus2/recipes/users.rb line 5) had an error:
 returned 2, expected 0

gistfile2.txt

# recipe
user("test") { comment "test user"; shell "/bin/bash"; home "/home/test"; supports :manage_home => true }

# output
root@jaunty-desktop:~# userdel -r test
userdel: user test does not exist
root@jaunty-desktop:~# chef-client
[Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:40:49 +1200] INFO: Starting Chef Run
[Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:40:51 +1200] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/junglist.gen.nz/recipes/default.rb in the cache.
[Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:40:53 +1200] INFO: Created user[test]
[Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:40:54 +1200] INFO: Chef Run complete in 4.487891 seconds
root@jaunty-desktop:~# chef-client
[Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:40:58 +1200] INFO: Starting Chef Run
[Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:41:02 +1200] INFO: Chef Run complete in 3.931545 seconds
root@jaunty-desktop:~#