deployer.sls

deployer:
  user.present:
    - fullname: Deployer of Worlds
    - shell: /bin/zsh
    - home: /home/deployer
  file.managed:
    - name: /home/deployer/.ssh/id_rsa
    - source: salt://files/deployer/id_rsa
    - user: deployer
    - group: deployer
    - mode: 0600

gistfile1.txt

vagrant@helios:~$ ls -al /home/deployer/.
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 deployer deployer 4096 Jul  1 20:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root     root     4096 Jul  1 20:41 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 deployer deployer  220 Nov 12  2014 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 deployer deployer 3515 Nov 12  2014 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 deployer deployer  675 Nov 12  2014 .profile

output

[INFO    ] Running state [deployer] at time 20:41:27.763708
[INFO    ] Executing state user.present for deployer
[INFO    ] Executing command ['useradd', '-s', '/bin/zsh', '-m', '-d', '/home/deployer', 'deployer'] in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] Executing command ['usermod', '-c', 'Deployer of Worlds,,,', 'deployer'] in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] {'shell': '/bin/zsh', 'workphone': '', 'uid': 1001, 'passwd': 'x', 'roomnumber': '', 'groups': ['deployer'], 'home': '/home/deployer', 'name': 'deployer', 'gid': 1001, 'fullname': 'Deployer of Worlds', 'homephone': ''}
[INFO    ] Completed state [deployer] at time 20:41:27.888206
[INFO    ] Running state [/home/deployer/.ssh/id_rsa] at time 20:41:27.890206
[INFO    ] Executing state file.managed for /home/deployer/.ssh/id_rsa
[INFO    ] Fetching file from saltenv 'base', ** done ** 'files/deployer/id_rsa'
[ERROR   ] Parent directory not present
[INFO    ] Completed state [/home/deployer/.ssh/id_rsa] at time 20:41:27.912929