puppet user.pp example

class.pp

define add_user ( $email, $uid, $name, $key) {

	$username = $title

	user { $username:
		comment => "$name,$email",
       		home    => "/home/$username",
       		shell   => "/bin/bash",
       		uid     => $uid
	}

	group { $username:
		gid     => $uid,
		require => user[$username]
	}

	file { "/home/$username/":
		ensure  => directory,
		owner   => $username,
		group   => $username,
		mode    => 750,
		require => [ user[$username], group[$username] ]
	}

	file { "/home/$username/.ssh":
		ensure  => directory,
		owner   => $username,
		group   => $username,
		mode    => 700,
		require => file["/home/$username/"]
	}

	# now make sure that the ssh key authorized files is around
	file { "/home/$username/.ssh/authorized_keys":
		ensure  => present,
		owner   => $username,
		group   => $username,
		mode    => 600,
		require => file["/home/$username/"]
	}
	ssh_authorized_key{ "${username}":
		ensure  => present,
		key     => $key,
		type    => ssh-rsa,
		user    => $username,
		require => file["/home/$username/.ssh/authorized_keys"]
	}
}

users.pp

node default {
	add_user {	joe:
		email   => "[email protected]",
		name    => "Joe Schmoe",
		uid     => 1001,
		key     => "QUFBQUIzTnphQzF5YzJFQUFBQURBUUFCQUFBQkFRQzFlcFRKbXJTU2xUdTk0RnRVMlBoMEVDVDc4Yk5TSWVPcUQwekZ5N3lsdm5kdWticmV5bEcrblRHUzdvTHFWdkhPbkoyM0k5UFJrdWNpQmxiTFdtb3JwUXFKc3Y0bzRWWHZ0U3RGdVIxYmluL0xCQWh1QW1KTzBSWmR5TFhjZGx2Y1RwS01HMGNFZjFxT0ZUN3dpRGtmVFVqeEJDOEVYRFJUTmJ1ZWNxU2REeGQweFc5Tk9HNUlGbmp4TzBjd2g2Q0lrOHpVb29iVTdbckpCbjVoR1hhZXN6VFh4UGtpL2tnYnV1VldIc0xGb05sVm1rL29vOVZQcnBtMGJleTBZOFBxc0RnQmM1U3VoUUNVdnU1L"
       	}
	add_user {	bob:
		email   => "[email protected]",
		name    => "Bob Dole",
		uid     => 1002,
		key     => "QUFBQUIzTnphQzF5YzJFQUFBQURBUUFCQUFBQkFRQzFlcFRKbXJTU2xUdTk0RnRVMlBoMEVDVDc4Yk5TSWVPcUQwekZ5N3lsdm5kdWticmV5bEcrblRHUzdvTHFWdkhPbkoyM0k5UFJrdWNpQmxiTFdtb3JwUXFKc3Y0bzRWWHZ0U3RGdVIxYmluL0xCQWh1QW1KTzBSWmR5TFhjZGx2Y1RwS01HMGNFZjFxT0ZUN3dpRGtmVFVqeEJDOEVYRFJUTmJ1ZWNxU2REeGQweFc5Tk9HNUlGbmp4TzBjd2g2Q0lrOHpVb29iVTdbckpCbjVoR1hhZXN6VFh4UGtpL2tnYnV1VldIc0xGb05sVm1rL29vOVZQcnBtMGJleTBZOFBxc0RnQmM1U3VoUUNVdnU1L"
       	}

}