Formula to configure users via pillar.
Note
See the full Salt Formulas installation and usage instructions.
Configures a user's home directory, group, the user itself, secondary groups, and associated keys. Also configures sudo access, and absent users.
Ensures the sudo group exists, the sudo package is installed and the sudo file is configured.
Ensures the bashrc file exists in the users home directory. Sets 'manage_bashrc: True' in pillar per user. Defaults to False.
users.profile
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Ensures the profile file exists in the users home directory. Sets 'manage_profile: True' in pillar per user. Defaults to False.
Ensures the vimrc file exists in the users home directory. Sets 'manage_vimrc: True' in pillar per user. Defaults to False. This depends on the vim-formula to be installed.
users.user_files
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Permits the abitrary management of files. See pillar.example for configuration details.
In order to separate actual user account definitions from configuration the pillar users-formula
was introduced:
users:
myuser:
# stuff
users-formula:
lookup:
root_group: toor
shell: '/bin/zsh'