gistfile1.txt

       Recipe: aspera::users
         * chef_gem[vault] action install (up to date)
         * aspera_user[sea] action create

           - create sea
           -   set unix_user to "sea"

           - create sea
           -   set password to "initial"failure
       Missing User/Group data: User sea does not appear to exist on the computer (User not found)



           - create sea
           -   set path to "/tmp/foo"
           * linux_user[sea] action create
             - create user sea

user.rb

load_current_value do |desired|
  users = Mixlib::ShellOut.new('/opt/aspera/bin/asnodeadmin -l -P').run_command.stdout.split(/\n/)
  this_user = users.grep(/^\s*#{desired.name}\s/).first
  current_value_does_not_exist! if this_user.nil?

  params = this_user.lstrip.split /\s+/

  unix_user params[2]
  name params[0]

  password hash_password(desired.password, params[1])

  user_config = Mixlib::ShellOut.new("/opt/aspera/bin/asuserdata -x -u #{desired.unix_user}").run_command.stdout
  doc = REXML::Document.new user_config
  potential_path = REXML::XPath.first(doc, '//canonical_absolute')

  path potential_path.nil? ? nil : potential_path.text
end

action :create do
  # Also tried the user resource here
  
  converge_if_changed :unix_user do
    user unix_user do
      shell '/bin/aspshell'
      home path
    end
    puts Mixlib::ShellOut.new("/opt/aspera/bin/asnodeadmin -a -x #{unix_user} -u #{name} -p #{password}").run_command.stdout
  end

  converge_if_changed :password do
    puts Mixlib::ShellOut.new("/opt/aspera/bin/asnodeadmin -m -u #{name} -p #{password}").run_command.stdout
  end

  converge_if_changed :path do
    puts Mixlib::ShellOut.new("/opt/aspera/bin/asconfigurator -x \"set_user_data;user_name,#{unix_user};absolute,#{path}\"").run_command.stdout
  end
end

def hash_password(password, from_pwent)
...
end