added a generate password function

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/puppet/parser/functions/mkpassword.rb b/plugins/puppet/parser/functions/mkpassword.rb
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+++ b/plugins/puppet/parser/functions/mkpassword.rb
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+## mkpasswd("password", "12345678")
+## needs an 8-char salt *always*
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+    newfunction(:mkpasswd, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
+        %x{/usr/bin/mkpasswd -H MD5 #{args[0]} #{args[1]}}.chomp
+    end
+end