class NameService::DirectoryService

Attributes

ds_path[W]

JJM: This allows us to pass information when calling

    Puppet::Type.type
e.g. Puppet::Type.type(:user).provide :directoryservice, :ds_path => "Users"
This is referenced in the get_ds_path class method
macosx_version_major[W]

Public Class Methods

convert_binary_to_xml(plist_data) click to toggle source

This method will accept a binary plist (as a string) and convert it to a hash via Plist::parse_xml.

# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 345
def self.convert_binary_to_xml(plist_data)
  Puppet.debug('Converting binary plist to XML')
  Puppet.debug('Executing: \plutil -convert xml1 -o - -\')
  IO.popen('plutil -convert xml1 -o - -', mode='r+') do |io|
    io.write plist_data
    io.close_write
    @converted_plist = io.read
  end
  Puppet.debug('Converting XML values to a hash.')
  @plist_hash = Plist::parse_xml(@converted_plist)
  @plist_hash
end
convert_xml_to_binary(plist_data) click to toggle source

This method will accept a hash that has been returned from Plist::parse_xml and convert it to a binary plist (string value).

# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 332
def self.convert_xml_to_binary(plist_data)
  Puppet.debug('Converting XML plist to binary')
  Puppet.debug('Executing: \plutil -convert binary1 -o - -\')
  IO.popen('plutil -convert binary1 -o - -', mode='r+') do |io|
    io.write plist_data.to_plist
    io.close_write
    @converted_plist = io.read
  end
  @converted_plist
end
ds_to_ns_attribute_map() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 34
def self.ds_to_ns_attribute_map
  {
    'RecordName' => :name,
    'PrimaryGroupID' => :gid,
    'NFSHomeDirectory' => :home,
    'UserShell' => :shell,
    'UniqueID' => :uid,
    'RealName' => :comment,
    'Password' => :password,
    'GeneratedUID' => :guid,
    'IPAddress'    => :ip_address,
    'ENetAddress'  => :en_address,
    'GroupMembership' => :members,
  }
end
fail_if_wrong_version() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 180
def self.fail_if_wrong_version
  fail("Puppet does not support OS X versions < 10.5") unless self.get_macosx_version_major >= "10.5"
end
generate_attribute_hash(input_hash, *type_properties) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 121
def self.generate_attribute_hash(input_hash, *type_properties)
  attribute_hash = {}
  input_hash.keys.each do |key|
    ds_attribute = key.sub("dsAttrTypeStandard:", "")
    next unless (ds_to_ns_attribute_map.keys.include?(ds_attribute) and type_properties.include? ds_to_ns_attribute_map[ds_attribute])
    ds_value = input_hash[key]
    case ds_to_ns_attribute_map[ds_attribute]
      when :members
        ds_value = ds_value # only members uses arrays so far
      when :gid, :uid
        # OS X stores objects like uid/gid as strings.
        # Try casting to an integer for these cases to be
        # consistent with the other providers and the group type
        # validation
        begin
          ds_value = Integer(ds_value[0])
        rescue ArgumentError
          ds_value = ds_value[0]
        end
      else ds_value = ds_value[0]
    end
    attribute_hash[ds_to_ns_attribute_map[ds_attribute]] = ds_value
  end

  # NBK: need to read the existing password here as it's not actually
  # stored in the user record. It is stored at a path that involves the
  # UUID of the user record for non-Mobile local acccounts.
  # Mobile Accounts are out of scope for this provider for now
  attribute_hash[:password] = self.get_password(attribute_hash[:guid], attribute_hash[:name]) if @resource_type.validproperties.include?(:password) and Puppet.features.root?
  attribute_hash
end
get_ds_path() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 77
def self.get_ds_path
  # JJM: 2007-07-24 This method dynamically returns the DS path we're concerned with.
  #      For example, if we're working with an user type, this will be /Users
  #      with a group type, this will be /Groups.
  #   @ds_path is an attribute of the class itself.
  return @ds_path if defined?(@ds_path)
  # JJM: "Users" or "Groups" etc ...  (Based on the Puppet::Type)
  #       Remember this is a class method, so self.class is Class
  #       Also, @resource_type seems to be the reference to the
  #       Puppet::Type this class object is providing for.
  @resource_type.name.to_s.capitalize + "s"
end
get_exec_preamble(ds_action, resource_name = nil) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 184
def self.get_exec_preamble(ds_action, resource_name = nil)
  # JJM 2007-07-24
  #     DSCL commands are often repetitive and contain the same positional
  #     arguments over and over. See http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/additionalfeatures/chapter_10_section_9.html
  #     for an example of what I mean.
  #     This method spits out proper DSCL commands for us.
  #     We EXPECT name to be @resource[:name] when called from an instance object.

  # (#11593) Remove support for OS X 10.4 and earlier
  fail_if_wrong_version
  command_vector = [ command(:dscl), "-plist", "." ]

  # JJM: The actual action to perform.  See "man dscl"
  #      Common actiosn: -create, -delete, -merge, -append, -passwd
  command_vector << ds_action
  # JJM: get_ds_path will spit back "Users" or "Groups",
  # etc...  Depending on the Puppet::Type of our self.
  if resource_name
    command_vector << "/#{get_ds_path}/#{resource_name}"
  else
    command_vector << "/#{get_ds_path}"
  end
  # JJM:  This returns most of the preamble of the command.
  #       e.g. 'dscl / -create /Users/mccune'
  command_vector
end
get_macosx_version_major() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 90
def self.get_macosx_version_major
  return @macosx_version_major if defined?(@macosx_version_major)
  begin
    # Make sure we've loaded all of the facts
    Facter.loadfacts

    product_version_major = Facter.value(:macosx_productversion_major)

    fail("#{product_version_major} is not supported by the directoryservice provider") if %w{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4}.include?(product_version_major)
    @macosx_version_major = product_version_major
    return @macosx_version_major
  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
    fail("Could not determine OS X version: #{detail}")
  end
end
get_password(guid, username) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 292
def self.get_password(guid, username)
  # Use Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp() to catch the scenario where a
  # version '10.10' would be < '10.7' with simple string comparison. This
  # if-statement only executes if the current version is less-than 10.7
  if (Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(get_macosx_version_major, '10.7') == -1)
    password_hash = nil
    password_hash_file = "#{password_hash_dir}/#{guid}"
    if File.exists?(password_hash_file) and File.file?(password_hash_file)
      fail("Could not read password hash file at #{password_hash_file}") if not File.readable?(password_hash_file)
      f = File.new(password_hash_file)
      password_hash = f.read
      f.close
    end
    password_hash
  else
    if File.exists?("#{users_plist_dir}/#{username}.plist")
      # If a plist exists in /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users, we will
      # extract the binary plist from the 'ShadowHashData' key, decode the
      # salted-SHA512 password hash, and then return it.
      users_plist = Plist::parse_xml(plutil('-convert', 'xml1', '-o', '/dev/stdout', "#{users_plist_dir}/#{username}.plist"))
      if users_plist['ShadowHashData']
        # users_plist['ShadowHashData'][0].string is actually a binary plist
        # that's nested INSIDE the user's plist (which itself is a binary
        # plist).
        password_hash_plist = users_plist['ShadowHashData'][0].string
        converted_hash_plist = convert_binary_to_xml(password_hash_plist)

        # converted_hash_plist['SALTED-SHA512'].string is a Base64 encoded
        # string. The password_hash provided as a resource attribute is a
        # hex value. We need to convert the Base64 encoded string to a
        # hex value and provide it back to Puppet.
        password_hash = converted_hash_plist['SALTED-SHA512'].string.unpack("H*")[0]
        password_hash
      end
    end
  end
end
instances() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 64
def self.instances
  # JJM Class method that provides an array of instance objects of this
  #     type.
  # JJM: Properties are dependent on the Puppet::Type we're managine.
  type_property_array = [:name] + @resource_type.validproperties

  # Create a new instance of this Puppet::Type for each object present
  #    on the system.
  list_all_present.collect do |name_string|
    self.new(single_report(name_string, *type_property_array))
  end
end
list_all_present() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 107
def self.list_all_present
  # JJM: List all objects of this Puppet::Type already present on the system.
  begin
    dscl_output = execute(get_exec_preamble("-list"))
  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
    fail("Could not get #{@resource_type.name} list from DirectoryService")
  end
  dscl_output.split("\n")
end
next_system_id(id_type, min_id=20) click to toggle source

Unlike most other *nixes, OS X doesn’t provide built in functionality for automatically assigning uids and gids to accounts, so we set up these methods for consumption by functionality like –mkusers By default we restrict to a reasonably sane range for system accounts

# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 362
def self.next_system_id(id_type, min_id=20)
  dscl_args = ['.', '-list']
  if id_type == 'uid'
    dscl_args << '/Users' << 'uid'
  elsif id_type == 'gid'
    dscl_args << '/Groups' << 'gid'
  else
    fail("Invalid id_type #{id_type}. Only 'uid' and 'gid' supported")
  end
  dscl_out = dscl(dscl_args)
  # We're ok with throwing away negative uids here.
  ids = dscl_out.split.compact.collect { |l| l.to_i if l.match(/^\d+$/) }
  ids.compact!.sort! { |a,b| a.to_f <=> b.to_f }
  # We're just looking for an unused id in our sorted array.
  ids.each_index do |i|
    next_id = ids[i] + 1
    return next_id if ids[i+1] != next_id and next_id >= min_id
  end
end
ns_to_ds_attribute_map() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 52
def self.ns_to_ds_attribute_map
  @ns_to_ds_attribute_map ||= ds_to_ns_attribute_map.invert
end
parse_dscl_plist_data(dscl_output) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 117
def self.parse_dscl_plist_data(dscl_output)
  Plist.parse_xml(dscl_output)
end
password_hash_dir() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 56
def self.password_hash_dir
  '/var/db/shadow/hash'
end
set_password(resource_name, guid, password_hash) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 211
def self.set_password(resource_name, guid, password_hash)
  # Use Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp() to catch the scenario where a
  # version '10.10' would be < '10.7' with simple string comparison. This
  # if-statement only executes if the current version is less-than 10.7
  if (Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(get_macosx_version_major, '10.7') == -1)
    password_hash_file = "#{password_hash_dir}/#{guid}"
    begin
      File.open(password_hash_file, 'w') { |f| f.write(password_hash)}
    rescue Errno::EACCES => detail
      fail("Could not write to password hash file: #{detail}")
    end

    # NBK: For shadow hashes, the user AuthenticationAuthority must contain a value of
    # ";ShadowHash;". The LKDC in 10.5 makes this more interesting though as it
    # will dynamically generate ;Kerberosv5;;username@LKDC:SHA1 attributes if
    # missing. Thus we make sure we only set ;ShadowHash; if it is missing, and
    # we can do this with the merge command. This allows people to continue to
    # use other custom AuthenticationAuthority attributes without stomping on them.
    #
    # There is a potential problem here in that we're only doing this when setting
    # the password, and the attribute could get modified at other times while the
    # hash doesn't change and so this doesn't get called at all... but
    # without switching all the other attributes to merge instead of create I can't
    # see a simple enough solution for this that doesn't modify the user record
    # every single time. This should be a rather rare edge case. (famous last words)

    dscl_vector = self.get_exec_preamble("-merge", resource_name)
    dscl_vector << "AuthenticationAuthority" << ";ShadowHash;"
    begin
      dscl_output = execute(dscl_vector)
    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
      fail("Could not set AuthenticationAuthority.")
    end
  else
    # 10.7 uses salted SHA512 password hashes which are 128 characters plus
    # an 8 character salt. Previous versions used a SHA1 hash padded with
    # zeroes. If someone attempts to use a password hash that worked with
    # a previous version of OX X, we will fail early and warn them.
    if password_hash.length != 136
      fail("OS X 10.7 requires a Salted SHA512 hash password of 136 characters. \
           Please check your password and try again.")
    end

    if File.exists?("#{users_plist_dir}/#{resource_name}.plist")
      # If a plist already exists in /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users, then
      # we will need to extract the binary plist from the 'ShadowHashData'
      # key, log the new password into the resultant plist's 'SALTED-SHA512'
      # key, and then save the entire structure back.
      users_plist = Plist::parse_xml(plutil( '-convert', 'xml1', '-o', '/dev/stdout',                                         "#{users_plist_dir}/#{resource_name}.plist"))

      # users_plist['ShadowHashData'][0].string is actually a binary plist
      # that's nested INSIDE the user's plist (which itself is a binary
      # plist). If we encounter a user plist that DOESN'T have a
      # ShadowHashData field, create one.
      if users_plist['ShadowHashData']
        password_hash_plist = users_plist['ShadowHashData'][0].string
        converted_hash_plist = convert_binary_to_xml(password_hash_plist)
      else
        users_plist['ShadowHashData'] = [StringIO.new]
        converted_hash_plist = {'SALTED-SHA512' => StringIO.new}
      end

      # converted_hash_plist['SALTED-SHA512'].string expects a Base64 encoded
      # string. The password_hash provided as a resource attribute is a
      # hex value. We need to convert the provided hex value to a Base64
      # encoded string to nest it in the converted hash plist.
      converted_hash_plist['SALTED-SHA512'].string =            password_hash.unpack('a2'*(password_hash.size/2)).collect { |i| i.hex.chr }.join

      # Finally, we can convert the nested plist back to binary, embed it
      # into the user's plist, and convert the resultant plist back to
      # a binary plist.
      changed_plist = convert_xml_to_binary(converted_hash_plist)
      users_plist['ShadowHashData'][0].string = changed_plist
      Plist::Emit.save_plist(users_plist, "#{users_plist_dir}/#{resource_name}.plist")
      plutil('-convert', 'binary1', "#{users_plist_dir}/#{resource_name}.plist")
    end
  end
end
single_report(resource_name, *type_properties) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 153
def self.single_report(resource_name, *type_properties)
  # JJM 2007-07-24:
  #     Given a the name of an object and a list of properties of that
  #     object, return all property values in a hash.
  #
  #     This class method returns nil if the object doesn't exist
  #     Otherwise, it returns a hash of the object properties.

  all_present_str_array = list_all_present

  # NBK: shortcut the process if the resource is missing
  return nil unless all_present_str_array.include? resource_name

  dscl_vector = get_exec_preamble("-read", resource_name)
  begin
    dscl_output = execute(dscl_vector)
  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
    fail("Could not get report.  command execution failed.")
  end

  # (#11593) Remove support for OS X 10.4 and earlier
  fail_if_wrong_version
  dscl_plist = self.parse_dscl_plist_data(dscl_output)

  self.generate_attribute_hash(dscl_plist, *type_properties)
end
users_plist_dir() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 60
def self.users_plist_dir
  '/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users'
end

Public Instance Methods

add_members(current_members, new_members) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 529
def add_members(current_members, new_members)
  new_members.flatten.each do |new_member|
    if current_members.nil? or not current_members.include?(new_member)
      cmd = [:dseditgroup, "-o", "edit", "-n", ".", "-a", new_member, @resource[:name]]
      begin
        execute(cmd)
      rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
        fail("Could not add #{new_member} to group: #{@resource.name}, #{detail}")
      end
    end
  end
end
create() click to toggle source

NBK: we override @parent.create as we need to execute a series of commands to create objects with dscl, rather than the single command nameservice.rb expects to be returned by addcmd. Thus we don’t bother defining addcmd.

# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 455
def create
  if exists?
    info "already exists"
    return nil
  end

  # NBK: First we create the object with a known guid so we can set the contents
  # of the password hash if required
  # Shelling out sucks, but for a single use case it doesn't seem worth
  # requiring people install a UUID library that doesn't come with the system.
  # This should be revisited if Puppet starts managing UUIDs for other platform
  # user records.
  guid = %x{/usr/bin/uuidgen}.chomp

  exec_arg_vector = self.class.get_exec_preamble("-create", @resource[:name])
  exec_arg_vector << ns_to_ds_attribute_map[:guid] << guid
  begin
    execute(exec_arg_vector)
  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
    fail("Could not set GeneratedUID for #{@resource.class.name} #{@resource.name}: #{detail}")
  end

  if value = @resource.should(:password) and value != ""
    self.class.set_password(@resource[:name], guid, value)
  end

  # Now we create all the standard properties
  Puppet::Type.type(@resource.class.name).validproperties.each do |property|
    next if property == :ensure
    value = @resource.should(property)
    if property == :gid and value.nil?
      value = self.class.next_system_id(id_type='gid')
    end
    if property == :uid and value.nil?
      value = self.class.next_system_id(id_type='uid')
    end
    if value != "" and not value.nil?
      if property == :members
        add_members(nil, value)
      else
        exec_arg_vector = self.class.get_exec_preamble("-create", @resource[:name])
        exec_arg_vector << ns_to_ds_attribute_map[property.intern]
        next if property == :password  # skip setting the password here
        exec_arg_vector << value.to_s
        begin
          execute(exec_arg_vector)
        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
          fail("Could not create #{@resource.class.name} #{@resource.name}: #{detail}")
        end
      end
    end
  end
end
deletecmd() click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 542
def deletecmd
  # JJM: Like addcmd, only called when deleting the object itself
  #    Note, this isn't used to delete properties of the object,
  #    at least that's how I understand it...
  self.class.get_exec_preamble("-delete", @resource[:name])
end
ds_to_ns_attribute_map() click to toggle source

JJM 2007-07-25: This map is used to map NameService attributes to their

corresponding DirectoryService attribute names.
See: http://images.apple.com/server/docs.Open_Directory_v10.4.pdf

JJM: Note, this is de-coupled from the Puppet::Type, and must

be actively maintained.  There may also be collisions with different
types (Users, Groups, Mounts, Hosts, etc...)
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 33
def ds_to_ns_attribute_map; self.class.ds_to_ns_attribute_map; end
ensure(=(ensure_value)) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method NameService#ensure
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 383
def ensure=(ensure_value)
  super
  # We need to loop over all valid properties for the type we're
  # managing and call the method which sets that property value
  # dscl can't create everything at once unfortunately.
  if ensure_value == :present
    @resource.class.validproperties.each do |name|
      next if name == :ensure
      # LAK: We use property.sync here rather than directly calling
      # the settor method because the properties might do some kind
      # of conversion.  In particular, the user gid property might
      # have a string and need to convert it to a number
      if @resource.should(name)
        @resource.property(name).sync
      elsif value = autogen(name)
        self.send(name.to_s + "=", value)
      else
        next
      end
    end
  end
end
getinfo(refresh = false) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 549
def getinfo(refresh = false)
  # JJM 2007-07-24:
  #      Override the getinfo method, which is also defined in nameservice.rb
  #      This method returns and sets @infohash
  # I'm not re-factoring the name "getinfo" because this method will be
  # most likely called by nameservice.rb, which I didn't write.
  if refresh or (! defined?(@property_value_cache_hash) or ! @property_value_cache_hash)
    # JJM 2007-07-24: OK, there's a bit of magic that's about to
    # happen... Let's see how strong my grip has become... =)
    #
    # self is a provider instance of some Puppet::Type, like
    # Puppet::Type::User::ProviderDirectoryservice for the case of the
    # user type and this provider.
    #
    # self.class looks like "user provider directoryservice", if that
    # helps you ...
    #
    # self.class.resource_type is a reference to the Puppet::Type class,
    # probably Puppet::Type::User or Puppet::Type::Group, etc...
    #
    # self.class.resource_type.validproperties is a class method,
    # returning an Array of the valid properties of that specific
    # Puppet::Type.
    #
    # So... something like [:comment, :home, :password, :shell, :uid,
    # :groups, :ensure, :gid]
    #
    # Ultimately, we add :name to the list, delete :ensure from the
    # list, then report on the remaining list. Pretty whacky, ehh?
    type_properties = [:name] + self.class.resource_type.validproperties
    type_properties.delete(:ensure) if type_properties.include? :ensure
    type_properties << :guid  # append GeneratedUID so we just get the report here
    @property_value_cache_hash = self.class.single_report(@resource[:name], *type_properties)
    [:uid, :gid].each do |param|
      @property_value_cache_hash[param] = @property_value_cache_hash[param].to_i if @property_value_cache_hash and @property_value_cache_hash.include?(param)
    end
  end
  @property_value_cache_hash
end
ns_to_ds_attribute_map() click to toggle source

JJM The same table as above, inverted.

# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 51
def ns_to_ds_attribute_map; self.class.ns_to_ds_attribute_map end
password=(passphrase) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 406
def password=(passphrase)
  exec_arg_vector = self.class.get_exec_preamble("-read", @resource.name)
  exec_arg_vector << ns_to_ds_attribute_map[:guid]
  begin
    guid_output = execute(exec_arg_vector)
    guid_plist = Plist.parse_xml(guid_output)
    # Although GeneratedUID like all DirectoryService values can be multi-valued
    # according to the schema, in practice user accounts cannot have multiple UUIDs
    # otherwise Bad Things Happen, so we just deal with the first value.
    guid = guid_plist["dsAttrTypeStandard:#{ns_to_ds_attribute_map[:guid]}"][0]
    self.class.set_password(@resource.name, guid, passphrase)
  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
    fail("Could not set #{param} on #{@resource.class.name}[#{@resource.name}]: #{detail}")
  end
end
remove_unwanted_members(current_members, new_members) click to toggle source
# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 509
def remove_unwanted_members(current_members, new_members)
  current_members.each do |member|
    if not new_members.flatten.include?(member)
      cmd = [:dseditgroup, "-o", "edit", "-n", ".", "-d", member, @resource[:name]]
      begin
        execute(cmd)
      rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
        # TODO: We're falling back to removing the member using dscl due to rdar://8481241
        # This bug causes dseditgroup to fail to remove a member if that member doesn't exist
        cmd = [:dscl, ".", "-delete", "/Groups/#{@resource.name}", "GroupMembership", member]
        begin
          execute(cmd)
        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
          fail("Could not remove #{member} from group: #{@resource.name}, #{detail}")
        end
      end
    end
  end
end
set(param, value) click to toggle source

NBK: we override @parent.set as we need to execute a series of commands to deal with array values, rather than the single command nameservice.rb expects to be returned by modifycmd. Thus we don’t bother defining modifycmd.

# File lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/directoryservice.rb, line 426
def set(param, value)
  self.class.validate(param, value)
  current_members = @property_value_cache_hash[:members]
  if param == :members
    # If we are meant to be authoritative for the group membership
    # then remove all existing members who haven't been specified
    # in the manifest.
    remove_unwanted_members(current_members, value) if @resource[:auth_membership] and not current_members.nil?

    # if they're not a member, make them one.
    add_members(current_members, value)
  else
    exec_arg_vector = self.class.get_exec_preamble("-create", @resource[:name])
    # JJM: The following line just maps the NS name to the DS name
    #      e.g. { :uid => 'UniqueID' }
    exec_arg_vector << ns_to_ds_attribute_map[param.intern]
    # JJM: The following line sends the actual value to set the property to
    exec_arg_vector << value.to_s
    begin
      execute(exec_arg_vector)
    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
      fail("Could not set #{param} on #{@resource.class.name}[#{@resource.name}]: #{detail}")
    end
  end
end