1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with local_users
   • What local_users affects
   • Setup requirements
   • Beginning with local_users
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

This module manage local user accounts.

With this module you can manage your local users as well as the root account.

• Create specified users.

Simply include the class and specify one ore more users that should be created.

class { 'local_users':
  users => {
    'john' => { 'comment' => 'John Doe', 'shell' => '/bin/bash',  'password' => '!!' },
    'jane' => { 'comment' => 'Jane Doe', 'home'  => '/home/jane', 'groups'   => 'wheel' }
  },
}

This module has been built on and tested against Puppet 4.0 and higher.

The module has been tested on:

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5/6/7
• Scientific Linux 5/6/7
• CentOS Linux 5/6/7
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 5/6/7

Testing on other platforms has been light and cannot be guaranteed.

##Development

If you like to add or improve this module, feel free to fork the module and send me a merge request with the modification.