1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/mkpasswd.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/mkpasswd.rb
index 645df9b..92c218c 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/mkpasswd.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/mkpasswd.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# 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
+  newfunction(:mkpasswd, :type => :rvalue, :doc =>
+    "Returns a salted md5 hash to be used for shadowed passwords") do |args|
+    raise Puppet::ParseError, "Wrong number of arguments" unless args.length == 2
+    raise Puppet::ParseError, "Salt must be 8 characters long" unless args[1].length == 8
+    args[0].crypt('$1$' << args[1] << '$')
   end
 end