require 'puppet/provider/ldap' Puppet::Type.type(:group).provide :ldap, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Ldap do desc "Group management via LDAP. This provider requires that you have valid values for all of the LDAP-related settings in `puppet.conf`, including `ldapbase`. You will almost definitely need settings for `ldapuser` and `ldappassword` in order for your clients to write to LDAP. Note that this provider will automatically generate a GID for you if you do not specify one, but it is a potentially expensive operation, as it iterates across all existing groups to pick the appropriate next one." confine :feature => :ldap, :false => (Puppet[:ldapuser] == "") # We're mapping 'members' here because we want to make it # easy for the ldap user provider to manage groups. This # way it can just use the 'update' method in the group manager, # whereas otherwise it would need to replicate that code. manages(:posixGroup).at("ou=Groups").and.maps :name => :cn, :gid => :gidNumber, :members => :memberUid # Find the next gid after the current largest gid. provider = self manager.generates(:gidNumber).with do largest = 500 if existing = provider.manager.search existing.each do |hash| next unless value = hash[:gid] num = value[0].to_i largest = num if num > largest end end largest + 1 end # Convert a group name to an id. def self.name2id(group) return nil unless result = manager.search("cn=#{group}") and result.length > 0 # Only use the first result. group = result[0] group[:gid][0] end end