Method: Puppet::Util::POSIX#search_posix_field

Defined in:
lib/vendor/puppet/util/posix.rb

#search_posix_field(type, field, id) ⇒ Object

A degenerate method of retrieving name/id mappings. The job of this method is to retrieve all objects of a certain type, search for a specific entry and then return a given field from that entry.



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# File 'lib/vendor/puppet/util/posix.rb', line 33

def search_posix_field(type, field, id)
  idmethod = idfield(type)
  integer = false
  if id.is_a?(Integer)
    integer = true
    if id > Puppet[:maximum_uid].to_i
      Puppet.err "Tried to get #{field} field for silly id #{id}"
      return nil
    end
  end

  Etc.send(type) do |object|
    if integer and object.send(idmethod) == id
      return object.send(field)
    elsif object.name == id
      return object.send(field)
    end
  end

  # Apparently the group/passwd methods need to get reset; if we skip
  # this call, then new users aren't found.
  case type
  when :passwd; Etc.send(:endpwent)
  when :group; Etc.send(:endgrent)
  end
  nil
end