Puppet Class: sys

Inherited by:
sys::rsync::params
Defined in:
manifests/init.pp

Overview

Class: sys

The sys module is a placeholder for common platform-dependent constants, including:

* $root_home:    The root user's home directory.
* $root_group:   The default group used for root's files.
* $binary_group: The default group used for system binaries.
* $nobody_group: The group for the 'nobody' user.



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# File 'manifests/init.pp', line 11

class sys {
  # Settings for the root and binary groups.
  case $::osfamily {
    darwin: {
      $binary_group = 'wheel'
      $root_group   = 'wheel'
    }
    solaris: {
      $binary_group = 'bin'
      $root_group   = 'bin'
    }
    openbsd: {
      $binary_group = 'bin'
      $root_group   = 'wheel'
    }
    windows: {
      $binary_group = 'SYSTEM'
      $root_group = 'Administrators'
    }
    default: {
      $binary_group = 'root'
      $root_group   = 'root'
    }
  }

  # The root home directory is different on OS X.
  case $::osfamily {
    darwin: {
      $root_home = '/var/root'
    }
    default: {
      $root_home = '/root'
    }
  }

  # If we're on Debian-based systems, they use 'nogroup' instead of 'nobody'.
  case $::osfamily {
    debian: {
      $nobody_group = 'nogroup'
    }
    default: {
      $nobody_group = 'nobody'
    }
  }
}