How to get all the members of a group in chef?

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Is there a more-elegant method for getting users (in a given group) in chef than iterating over etc/passwd? I suppose I could use search functionality to get the list of group members from data bags.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 12:48

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Yes, ohai gives you such information. You can access these automatic attributes like any other attribute.

You find information about the groups in node[:etc][:group]

answered Mar 19 '13 at 12:48

StephenKing

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How to get all the members of a group in chef?

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