Puppet defined type for creating virtual user resources

defined-virtual-users

# Defined type for creating virtual user accounts
#
define accounts::virtual ($uid,$gid,$realname,$pass,$sshkey="") {

  @user { $title:
    ensure            =>  'present',
    uid               =>  $uid,
    gid               =>  $gid,
    shell             =>  '/bin/bash',
    home              =>  "/home/${title}",
    comment           =>  $realname,
    password          =>  $pass,
    managehome        =>  true,
  }

  if ( $sshkey != "" ) {
    @ssh_authorized_key { $title:
      ensure          =>  'present',
      type            =>  'ssh-rsa',
      key             =>  $sshkey,
      user            =>  $title,
      require         =>  User[$title],
      name            =>  $title,
    }
  }
}