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astropanic
Asked: 2012-05-31 23:51:31 +0800 CST

Fresh Debian install / setup users per Babushka

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I posted this question on the babushka google group , but I got since 5 days no response. I will try my luck here:

What is the correct way to setup some users with Babushka on a shiny new Debian box ?

I want simply know what is a good practice with this tool.

Let's say I want have a user "foobar", with rvm installed.

I have only the root user on my host, and Babushka is installed.

Should I first create the foobar user manualy and run with him via Babushka my rvm recipe ?

Or should I run babushka as root and let this tool create the user and instal rvm for them ? (I don't want a global rvm install, only for the foobar user)

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    Looks like the OP got the answer he wanted on the google group eventually - copy pasted here for future reference (and karma whoring)

    Hi Wojciech, sorry about the delay. Been a busy week. :)

    I sign in as root first in that case, and use babushka to create the user. 

    babushka benhoskings:'user setup for provisioning' username=ben

    Then I sign in as that user and configure the account 

    babushka benhoskings:'user setup'

    Then I'd install rvm as normal. (I'm not an rvm user though.)

    When provisioning servers, I wrap this up in a dep that itself runs multiple remote babushkas. I'll write it up soon, but you could speed it up in the meantime with: 

    ssh root@host "babushka benhoskings:'user setup for provisioning' username=ben key='$(cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub)'" 
ssh ben@host "benhoskings:'user setup'" 
ssh ben@host "some-other-source:'rvm installed'"

    - Ben

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