chef-user databag creation

gistfile1.rb

#
# Cookbook Name:: user
# Recipe:: data_bag
#
# Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
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bag = node['user']['data_bag_name']

# only manage the subset of users defined
data_bag(bag).each.each do |i|
  u = data_bag_item(bag, i.gsub(/[.]/, '-'))
  username = u['username'] || u['id']

  user_account username do
    %w{comment uid gid home shell password system_user manage_home create_group
        ssh_keys ssh_keygen}.each do |attr|
      send(attr, u[attr]) if u[attr]
    end
    action u['action'].to_sym if u['action']
  end

  unless u['groups'].nil?
    u['groups'].each do |groupname|
      group groupname do
        members username
        append true
      end
    end
  end
end