Feature #6801

Provide adminuser and admingroup facts for OSes where it makes sense.

Added by Michael Stahnke about 1 year ago. Updated 2 months ago.

Status:Accepted Start date:03/21/2011
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

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Category:library
Target version:-
Keywords: Affected Facter version:
Branch:
Votes: 2

Description

While most operating systems use root:root for ownership of system files, AIX uses system as the group by default. Thus, in many manifests, I have to insert a case statement to figure out the group for the root user. This is obviously done by a simple fact. This could be a default fact, as it may have uses in other operating systems, such as BSD and derivatives that use wheel as the default root group.

I realize this probably more of a ‘nice to have’ feature, but it’s not very difficult to implement, and would allow manifests to be cleaner, rather than having a switch or case statement.

History

#1
Updated by James Turnbull about 1 year ago

  • Category set to library
  • Status changed from Unreviewed to Needs Decision
  • Assignee set to Nigel Kersten

#2
Updated by Nigel Kersten about 1 year ago

We should move away from the unix-centric “root” name here.

How about paired facts of:

  • adminuser
  • admingroup

?

#3
Updated by Michael Stahnke about 1 year ago

That would meet all of my needs.

#4
Updated by Nigel Kersten about 1 year ago

  • Subject changed from Provide rootgroup as a default fact to Provide adminuser and admingroup facts for OSes where it makes sense.
  • Status changed from Needs Decision to Accepted
  • Assignee deleted (Nigel Kersten)
  • Target version set to 1.6.0

#5
Updated by Michael Stahnke about 1 year ago

As I was reading the title of the ticket, I wondered about the “for OSes where it makes sense.” Where doesn’t it make sense? The fact would be a limited usefulness if it only showed up on AIX, BSD or Windows. I guess I would expect it to be available on any OS that has the concept of an adminuser and/or an admingroup.

#6
Updated by Nigel Kersten about 1 year ago

Some OSes may not have a reasonable concept of a default admin user and admin group, like Windows.

You can’t rely upon any particular user existing on Windows that is the equivalent of ‘root’ can you?

#7
Updated by Michael Stahnke 11 months ago

  • Target version changed from 1.6.0 to 1.6.x

#8
Updated by Ken Barber 6 months ago

  • Target version changed from 1.6.x to 186

#9
Updated by Daniel Pittman 2 months ago

  • Target version deleted (186)

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