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ghoneycutt/nsswitch — version 1.8.0 Jan 3rd 2019

puppet-module-nsswitch

Puppet module to manage nsswitch that optionally allows for LDAP and VAS integration.

===

Compatibility

This module has been tested to work on the following systems with Puppet v3 (with and without the future parser), v4, v5 and v6 with the ruby versions associated with those releases. See .travis.yml for an exact matrix.

  • Debian 6
  • EL 5
  • EL 6
  • EL 7
  • Solaris 10
  • Suse

===

Parameters

config_file

Path to configuration file.

  • Default: /etc/nsswitch.conf

ensure_ldap

Should LDAP be used? Valid values are 'absent' and 'present'

  • Default: 'absent'

ensure_vas

Should VAS (Quest Authentication Services) be used? Valid values are 'absent' and 'present'.

  • Default: 'absent'

vas_nss_module

Name of NSS module to use for VAS.

  • Default: 'vas4'

vas_nss_module_passwd

Source for vas to be included in the passwd database.

  • Default:'vas4'

vas_nss_module_group

Source for vas to be included in the group database.

  • Default:'vas4'

vas_nss_module_automount

Source for vas to be included in the automount database.

  • Default:'nis'

vas_nss_module_netgroup

Source for vas to be included in the netgroup database.

  • Default:'nis'

vas_nss_module_aliases

Source for vas to be included in the aliases database.

  • Default:''

vas_nss_module_services

Source for vas to be included in the services database.

  • Default: ''

protocols

Sources to be included in the protocols database.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

ethers

Sources to be included in the ethers database.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

rpc

Sources to be included in the rpc database.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

nsswitch_ipnodes

String of list of sources for ipnodes database. 'USE_DEFAULTS' allows the module to choose defaults based on the platform.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

nsswitch_printers

String of list of sources for printers database. 'USE_DEFAULTS' allows the module to choose defaults based on the platform.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

nsswitch_auth_attr

String of list of sources for auth_attr database. 'USE_DEFAULTS' allows the module to choose defaults based on the platform.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

nsswitch_prof_attr

String of list of sources for prof_attr database. 'USE_DEFAULTS' allows the module to choose defaults based on the platform.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

nsswitch_project

String of list of sources for project database. 'USE_DEFAULTS' allows the module to choose defaults based on the platform.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

sudoers

String of list of sources to use for sudoers. 'USE_DEFAULTS' allows the module to choose defaults based on the platform.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'