gistfile1.txt

define :ssh_key, :key => nil, :sort => "private", :user => "root" do
  
  unless node[:etc][:passwd].has_key?(params[:user])
    # Need to reload ohai if we can't find the user    
    ruby_block "reload_ohai" do
      block do
        o = Ohai::System.new
        o.all_plugins
        node.automatic_attrs.merge! o.data
      end
    end
  end
  
  # Fails here because the user does not exist, because the user resource has not been executed
  user_home   = node[:etc][:passwd][params[:user]][:dir]
  user_group  = node[:etc][:passwd][params[:user]][:gid]
    
  ...
  
end