User

The builtin.user resource allow to manage everything related to a user, from the shell that it should have, to the creation and deletion of the user, and groups membership.

Resource parameters

Name	Description	Required	Default
username	Username of the user to manage.	true
groups	List of groups the user should be a member of. None of those group will actually get created, you have to create them yourself.	false
manage_home	Whether or not to manage the home directory of the user	false	true
shell	The shell that the user should be assigned	false	/bin/bash

Examples

Create a user named jeff

- title: "Create user jeff"
  type: "builtin.user"
  present: true
  data:
    username: "jeff"

Delete a user named jeff

- title: "Delete user jeff"
  type: "builtin.user"
  present: false
  data:
    username: "jeff"