chef 12.0.0.alpha.0 → 12.0.0.alpha.1

data/lib/chef/provider/user/aix.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2012 Opscode, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+class Chef
+  class Provider
+    class User
+      class Aix < Chef::Provider::User::Useradd
+
+        UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS = [[:comment, "-c"], [:gid, "-g"], [:shell, "-s"], [:uid, "-u"]]
+        
+        def create_user
+          super
+          add_password
+        end
+
+        def manage_user
+          add_password
+          manage_home
+          super
+        end
+
+        # Aix does not support -r like other unix, sytem account is created by adding to 'system' group
+        def useradd_options
+          opts = []
+          opts << "-g" << "system" if new_resource.system
+          opts
+        end
+
+        def check_lock
+          lock_info = shell_out!("lsuser -a account_locked #{new_resource.username}")
+          if whyrun_mode? && passwd_s.stdout.empty? && lock_info.stderr.match(/does not exist/)
+            # if we're in whyrun mode and the user is not yet created we assume it would be
+            return false
+          end
+          raise Chef::Exceptions::User, "Cannot determine if #{@new_resource} is locked!" if lock_info.stdout.empty?
+
+          status  = /\S+\s+account_locked=(\S+)/.match(lock_info.stdout)
+          if status && status[1] == "true"
+            @locked = true
+          else
+            @locked = false
+          end
+
+          @locked
+        end
+
+        def lock_user
+          shell_out!("chuser account_locked=true #{new_resource.username}")
+        end
+
+        def unlock_user
+          shell_out!("chuser account_locked=false #{new_resource.username}")
+        end
+
+      private
+        def add_password
+          if @current_resource.password != @new_resource.password && @new_resource.password
+            Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource.username} setting password to #{@new_resource.password}")
+            command = "echo '#{@new_resource.username}:#{@new_resource.password}' | chpasswd -e"
+            shell_out!(command)
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Aix specific handling to update users home directory.
+        def manage_home
+          # -m option does not work on aix, so move dir.
+          if updating_home? and managing_home_dir?
+            universal_options.delete("-m")
+            if ::File.directory?(@current_resource.home)
+              Chef::Log.debug("Changing users home directory from #{@current_resource.home} to #{new_resource.home}")
+              shell_out!("mv #{@current_resource.home} #{new_resource.home}")
+            else
+              Chef::Log.debug("Creating users home directory #{new_resource.home}")
+              shell_out!("mkdir -p #{new_resource.home}")
+            end
+          end
+        end
+          
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/chef/provider/user/dscl.rb

@@ -16,40 +16,209 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+require 'mixlib/shellout'
 require 'chef/provider/user'
 require 'openssl'
+require 'plist'
 
 class Chef
   class Provider
     class User
+      #
+      # The most tricky bit of this provider is the way it deals with user passwords.
+      # Mac OS X has different password shadow calculations based on the version.
+      # < 10.7  => password shadow calculation format SALTED-SHA1
+      #         => stored in: /var/db/shadow/hash/#{guid}
+      #         => shadow binary length 68 bytes
+      #         => First 4 bytes salt / Next 64 bytes shadow value
+      # = 10.7  => password shadow calculation format SALTED-SHA512
+      #         => stored in: /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/#{name}.plist
+      #         => shadow binary length 68 bytes
+      #         => First 4 bytes salt / Next 64 bytes shadow value
+      # > 10.7  => password shadow calculation format SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2
+      #         => stored in: /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/#{name}.plist
+      #         => shadow binary length 128 bytes
+      #         => Salt / Iterations are stored seperately in the same file
+      #
+      # This provider only supports Mac OSX versions 10.7 and above
       class Dscl < Chef::Provider::User
 
-        NFS_HOME_DIRECTORY        = %r{^NFSHomeDirectory: (.*)$}
-        AUTHENTICATION_AUTHORITY  = %r{^AuthenticationAuthority: (.*)$}
+        def define_resource_requirements
+          super
+
+          requirements.assert(:all_actions) do |a|
+            a.assertion { mac_osx_version_less_than_10_7? == false }
+            a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::User, "Chef::Provider::User::Dscl only supports Mac OS X versions 10.7 and above.")
+          end
+
+          requirements.assert(:all_actions) do |a|
+            a.assertion { ::File.exists?("/usr/bin/dscl") }
+            a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::User, "Cannot find binary '/usr/bin/dscl' on the system for #{@new_resource}!")
+          end
+
+          requirements.assert(:all_actions) do |a|
+            a.assertion { ::File.exists?("/usr/bin/plutil") }
+            a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::User, "Cannot find binary '/usr/bin/plutil' on the system for #{@new_resource}!")
+          end
+
+          requirements.assert(:create, :modify, :manage) do |a|
+            a.assertion do
+              if @new_resource.password && mac_osx_version_greater_than_10_7?
+                # SALTED-SHA512 password shadow hashes are not supported on 10.8 and above.
+                !salted_sha512?(@new_resource.password)
+              else
+                true
+              end
+            end
+            a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::User, "SALTED-SHA512 passwords are not supported on Mac 10.8 and above. \
+If you want to set the user password using shadow info make sure you specify a SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2 shadow hash \
+in 'password', with the associated 'salt' and 'iterations'.")
+          end
+
+          requirements.assert(:create, :modify, :manage) do |a|
+            a.assertion do
+              if @new_resource.password && mac_osx_version_greater_than_10_7? && salted_sha512_pbkdf2?(@new_resource.password)
+                # salt and iterations should be specified when
+                # SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2 password shadow hash is given
+                !@new_resource.salt.nil? && !@new_resource.iterations.nil?
+              else
+                true
+              end
+            end
+            a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::User, "SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2 shadow hash is given without associated \
+'salt' and 'iterations'. Please specify 'salt' and 'iterations' in order to set the user password using shadow hash.")
+          end
+
+          requirements.assert(:create, :modify, :manage) do |a|
+            a.assertion do
+              if @new_resource.password && !mac_osx_version_greater_than_10_7?
+                # On 10.7 SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2 is not supported
+                !salted_sha512_pbkdf2?(@new_resource.password)
+              else
+                true
+              end
+            end
+            a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::User, "SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2 shadow hashes are not supported on \
+Mac OS X version 10.7. Please specify a SALTED-SHA512 shadow hash in 'password' attribute to set the \
+user password using shadow hash.")
+          end
 
-        def dscl(*args)
-          shell_out("dscl . -#{args.join(' ')}")
         end
 
-        def safe_dscl(*args)
-          result = dscl(*args)
-          return "" if ( args.first =~ /^delete/ ) && ( result.exitstatus != 0 )
-          raise(Chef::Exceptions::DsclCommandFailed,"dscl error: #{result.inspect}") unless result.exitstatus == 0
-          raise(Chef::Exceptions::DsclCommandFailed,"dscl error: #{result.inspect}") if result.stdout =~ /No such key: /
-          return result.stdout
+        def load_current_resource
+          @current_resource = Chef::Resource::User.new(@new_resource.username)
+          @current_resource.username(@new_resource.username)
+
+          user_info = read_user_info
+          if user_info
+            @current_resource.uid(dscl_get(user_info, :uid))
+            @current_resource.gid(dscl_get(user_info, :gid))
+            @current_resource.home(dscl_get(user_info, :home))
+            @current_resource.shell(dscl_get(user_info, :shell))
+            @current_resource.comment(dscl_get(user_info, :comment))
+            @authentication_authority = dscl_get(user_info, :auth_authority)
+
+            if @new_resource.password && dscl_get(user_info, :password) == "********"
+              # A password is set. Let's get the password information from shadow file
+              shadow_hash_binary = dscl_get(user_info, :shadow_hash)
+
+              # Calling shell_out directly since we want to give an input stream
+              shadow_hash_xml = convert_binary_plist_to_xml(shadow_hash_binary.string)
+              shadow_hash = Plist::parse_xml(shadow_hash_xml)
+
+              if shadow_hash["SALTED-SHA512"]
+                # Convert the shadow value from Base64 encoding to hex before consuming them
+                @password_shadow_conversion_algorithm = "SALTED-SHA512"
+                @current_resource.password(shadow_hash["SALTED-SHA512"].string.unpack('H*').first)
+              elsif shadow_hash["SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2"]
+                @password_shadow_conversion_algorithm = "SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2"
+                # Convert the entropy from Base64 encoding to hex before consuming them
+                @current_resource.password(shadow_hash["SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2"]["entropy"].string.unpack('H*').first)
+                @current_resource.iterations(shadow_hash["SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2"]["iterations"])
+                # Convert the salt from Base64 encoding to hex before consuming them
+                @current_resource.salt(shadow_hash["SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2"]["salt"].string.unpack('H*').first)
+              else
+                raise(Chef::Exceptions::User,"Unknown shadow_hash format: #{shadow_hash.keys.join(' ')}")
+              end
+            end
+
+            convert_group_name if @new_resource.gid
+          else
+            @user_exists = false
+            Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} user does not exist")
+          end
+
+          @current_resource
+        end
+
+        #
+        # Provider Actions
+        #
+
+        def create_user
+          dscl_create_user
+          dscl_create_comment
+          dscl_set_uid
+          dscl_set_gid
+          dscl_set_home
+          dscl_set_shell
+          set_password
         end
 
-        # This is handled in providers/group.rb by Etc.getgrnam()
-        # def user_exists?(user)
-        #   users = safe_dscl("list /Users")
-        #   !! ( users =~ Regexp.new("\n#{user}\n") )
-        # end
+        def manage_user
+          dscl_create_user    if diverged?(:username)
+          dscl_create_comment if diverged?(:comment)
+          dscl_set_uid        if diverged?(:uid)
+          dscl_set_gid        if diverged?(:gid)
+          dscl_set_home       if diverged?(:home)
+          dscl_set_shell      if diverged?(:shell)
+          set_password        if diverged_password?
+        end
 
-        # get a free UID greater than 200
+        #
+        # Action Helpers
+        #
+
+        #
+        # Create a user using dscl
+        #
+        def dscl_create_user
+          run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username}")
+        end
+
+        #
+        # Saves the specified Chef user `comment` into RealName attribute
+        # of Mac user.
+        #
+        def dscl_create_comment
+          run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} RealName '#{@new_resource.comment}'")
+        end
+
+        #
+        # Sets the user id for the user using dscl.
+        # If a `uid` is not specified, it finds the next available one starting
+        # from 200 if `system` is set, 500 otherwise.
+        #
+        def dscl_set_uid
+          @new_resource.uid(get_free_uid) if (@new_resource.uid.nil? || @new_resource.uid == '')
+
+          if uid_used?(@new_resource.uid)
+            raise(Chef::Exceptions::RequestedUIDUnavailable, "uid #{@new_resource.uid} is already in use")
+          end
+
+          run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} UniqueID #{@new_resource.uid}")
+        end
+
+        #
+        # Find the next available uid on the system. starting with 200 if `system` is set,
+        # 500 otherwise.
+        #
         def get_free_uid(search_limit=1000)
-          uid = nil; next_uid_guess = 200
-          users_uids = safe_dscl("list /Users uid")
-          while(next_uid_guess < search_limit + 200)
+          uid = nil
+          base_uid = @new_resource.system ? 200 : 500
+          next_uid_guess = base_uid
+          users_uids = run_dscl("list /Users uid")
+          while(next_uid_guess < search_limit + base_uid)
             if users_uids =~ Regexp.new("#{Regexp.escape(next_uid_guess.to_s)}\n")
               next_uid_guess += 1
             else
@@ -60,22 +229,41 @@ class Chef
           return uid || raise("uid not found. Exhausted. Searched #{search_limit} times")
         end
 
+        #
+        # Returns true if uid is in use by a different account, false otherwise.
+        #
         def uid_used?(uid)
           return false unless uid
-          users_uids = safe_dscl("list /Users uid")
+          users_uids = run_dscl("list /Users uid")
           !! ( users_uids =~ Regexp.new("#{Regexp.escape(uid.to_s)}\n") )
         end
 
-        def set_uid
-          @new_resource.uid(get_free_uid) if (@new_resource.uid.nil? || @new_resource.uid == '')
-          if uid_used?(@new_resource.uid)
-            raise(Chef::Exceptions::RequestedUIDUnavailable, "uid #{@new_resource.uid} is already in use")
+        #
+        # Sets the group id for the user using dscl. Fails if a group doesn't
+        # exist on the system with given group id.
+        #
+        def dscl_set_gid
+          unless @new_resource.gid && @new_resource.gid.to_s.match(/^\d+$/)
+            begin
+              possible_gid = run_dscl("read /Groups/#{@new_resource.gid} PrimaryGroupID").split(" ").last
+            rescue Chef::Exceptions::DsclCommandFailed => e
+              raise Chef::Exceptions::GroupIDNotFound.new("Group not found for #{@new_resource.gid} when creating user #{@new_resource.username}")
+            end
+            @new_resource.gid(possible_gid) if possible_gid && possible_gid.match(/^\d+$/)
           end
-          safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} UniqueID #{@new_resource.uid}")
+          run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} PrimaryGroupID '#{@new_resource.gid}'")
         end
 
-        def modify_home
-          return safe_dscl("delete /Users/#{@new_resource.username} NFSHomeDirectory") if (@new_resource.home.nil? || @new_resource.home.empty?)
+        #
+        # Sets the home directory for the user. If `:manage_home` is set home
+        # directory is managed (moved / created) for the user.
+        #
+        def dscl_set_home
+          if @new_resource.home.nil? || @new_resource.home.empty?
+            run_dscl("delete /Users/#{@new_resource.username} NFSHomeDirectory")
+            return
+          end
+
           if @new_resource.supports[:manage_home]
             validate_home_dir_specification!
 
@@ -87,199 +275,399 @@ class Chef
               move_home
             end
           end
-          safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} NFSHomeDirectory '#{@new_resource.home}'")
+          run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} NFSHomeDirectory '#{@new_resource.home}'")
+        end
+
+        def validate_home_dir_specification!
+          unless @new_resource.home =~ /^\//
+            raise(Chef::Exceptions::InvalidHomeDirectory,"invalid path spec for User: '#{@new_resource.username}', home directory: '#{@new_resource.home}'")
+          end
         end
 
-        def osx_shadow_hash?(string)
-          return !! ( string =~ /^[[:xdigit:]]{1240}$/ )
+        def current_home_exists?
+          ::File.exist?("#{@current_resource.home}")
         end
 
-        def osx_salted_sha1?(string)
-          return !! ( string =~ /^[[:xdigit:]]{48}$/ )
+        def new_home_exists?
+          ::File.exist?("#{@new_resource.home}")
         end
 
-        def guid
-          safe_dscl("read /Users/#{@new_resource.username} GeneratedUID").gsub(/GeneratedUID: /,"").strip
+        def ditto_home
+          skel = "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj"
+          raise(Chef::Exceptions::User,"can't find skel at: #{skel}") unless ::File.exists?(skel)
+          shell_out! "ditto '#{skel}' '#{@new_resource.home}'"
+          ::FileUtils.chown_R(@new_resource.username,@new_resource.gid.to_s,@new_resource.home)
+        end
+
+        def move_home
+          Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} moving #{self} home from #{@current_resource.home} to #{@new_resource.home}")
+
+          src = @current_resource.home
+          FileUtils.mkdir_p(@new_resource.home)
+          files = ::Dir.glob("#{src}/*", ::File::FNM_DOTMATCH) - ["#{src}/.","#{src}/.."]
+          ::FileUtils.mv(files,@new_resource.home, :force => true)
+          ::FileUtils.rmdir(src)
+          ::FileUtils.chown_R(@new_resource.username,@new_resource.gid.to_s,@new_resource.home)
         end
 
-        def shadow_hash_set?
-          user_data = safe_dscl("read /Users/#{@new_resource.username}")
-          if user_data =~ /AuthenticationAuthority: / && user_data =~ /ShadowHash/
-            true
+        #
+        # Sets the shell for the user using dscl.
+        #
+        def dscl_set_shell
+          if @new_resource.shell || ::File.exists?("#{@new_resource.shell}")
+            run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} UserShell '#{@new_resource.shell}'")
           else
-            false
+            run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} UserShell '/usr/bin/false'")
           end
         end
 
-        def modify_password
-          if @new_resource.password
-            shadow_hash = nil
+        #
+        # Sets the password for the user based on given password parameters.
+        # Chef supports specifying plain-text passwords and password shadow
+        # hash data.
+        #
+        def set_password
+          # Return if there is no password to set
+          return if @new_resource.password.nil?
+
+          shadow_info = prepare_password_shadow_info
+
+          # Shadow info is saved as binary plist. Convert the info to binary plist.
+          shadow_info_binary = StringIO.new
+          command = Mixlib::ShellOut.new("plutil -convert binary1 -o - -",
+            :input => shadow_info.to_plist, :live_stream => shadow_info_binary)
+          command.run_command
+
+          # Replace the shadow info in user's plist
+          user_info = read_user_info
+          dscl_set(user_info, :shadow_hash, shadow_info_binary)
+
+          #
+          # Before saving the user's plist file we need to wait for dscl to
+          # update its caches and flush them to disk. In order to achieve this
+          # we need to wait first for our changes to get into the dscl cache
+          # and then flush the cache to disk before saving password into the
+          # plist file. 3 seconds is the minimum experimental value for dscl
+          # cache to be updated. We can get rid of this sleep when we find a
+          # trigger to update dscl cache.
+          #
+          sleep 3
+          shell_out("dscacheutil '-flushcache'")
+          save_user_info(user_info)
+        end
 
-            Chef::Log.debug("#{new_resource} updating password")
-            if osx_shadow_hash?(@new_resource.password)
-              shadow_hash = @new_resource.password.upcase
+        #
+        # Prepares the password shadow info based on the platform version.
+        #
+        def prepare_password_shadow_info
+          shadow_info = { }
+          entropy = nil
+          salt = nil
+          iterations = nil
+
+          if mac_osx_version_10_7?
+            hash_value = if salted_sha512?(@new_resource.password)
+              @new_resource.password
             else
-              if osx_salted_sha1?(@new_resource.password)
-                salted_sha1 = @new_resource.password.upcase
-              else
-                hex_salt = ""
-                OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(10).each_byte { |b| hex_salt << b.to_i.to_s(16) }
-                hex_salt = hex_salt.slice(0...8)
-                salt = [hex_salt].pack("H*")
-                sha1 = ::OpenSSL::Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(salt+@new_resource.password)
-                salted_sha1 = (hex_salt+sha1).upcase
-              end
-              shadow_hash = String.new("00000000"*155)
-              shadow_hash[168] = salted_sha1
+              # Create a random 4 byte salt
+              salt = OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(4)
+              encoded_password = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(salt + @new_resource.password)
+              hash_value = salt.unpack('H*').first + encoded_password
             end
 
-            ::File.open("/var/db/shadow/hash/#{guid}",'w',0600) do |output|
-              output.puts shadow_hash
+            shadow_info["SALTED-SHA512"] = StringIO.new
+            shadow_info["SALTED-SHA512"].string = convert_to_binary(hash_value)
+            shadow_info
+          else
+            if salted_sha512_pbkdf2?(@new_resource.password)
+              entropy = convert_to_binary(@new_resource.password)
+              salt = convert_to_binary(@new_resource.salt)
+              iterations = @new_resource.iterations
+            else
+              salt = OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(32)
+              iterations = @new_resource.iterations # Use the default if not specified by the user
+
+              entropy = OpenSSL::PKCS5::pbkdf2_hmac(
+                @new_resource.password,
+                salt,
+                iterations,
+                128,
+                OpenSSL::Digest::SHA512.new
+              )
             end
 
-            unless shadow_hash_set?
-              safe_dscl("append /Users/#{@new_resource.username} AuthenticationAuthority ';ShadowHash;'")
+            pbkdf_info = { }
+            pbkdf_info["entropy"] = StringIO.new
+            pbkdf_info["entropy"].string = entropy
+            pbkdf_info["salt"] = StringIO.new
+            pbkdf_info["salt"].string = salt
+            pbkdf_info["iterations"] = iterations
+
+            shadow_info["SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2"] = pbkdf_info
+          end
+
+          shadow_info
+        end
+
+        #
+        # Removes the user from the system after removing user from his groups
+        # and deleting home directory if needed.
+        #
+        def remove_user
+          if @new_resource.supports[:manage_home]
+            # Remove home directory
+            FileUtils.rm_rf(@current_resource.home)
+          end
+
+          # Remove the user from its groups
+          run_dscl("list /Groups").each_line do |group|
+            if member_of_group?(group.chomp)
+              run_dscl("delete /Groups/#{group.chomp} GroupMembership '#{@new_resource.username}'")
             end
           end
+
+          # Remove user account
+          run_dscl("delete /Users/#{@new_resource.username}")
         end
 
-        def load_current_resource
-          super
-          raise Chef::Exceptions::User, "Could not find binary /usr/bin/dscl for #{@new_resource}" unless ::File.exists?("/usr/bin/dscl")
+        #
+        # Locks the user.
+        #
+        def lock_user
+          run_dscl("append /Users/#{@new_resource.username} AuthenticationAuthority ';DisabledUser;'")
         end
 
-        def create_user
-          dscl_create_user
-          dscl_create_comment
-          set_uid
-          dscl_set_gid
-          modify_home
-          dscl_set_shell
-          modify_password
+        #
+        # Unlocks the user
+        #
+        def unlock_user
+          auth_string = @authentication_authority.gsub(/AuthenticationAuthority: /,"").gsub(/;DisabledUser;/,"").strip
+          run_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} AuthenticationAuthority '#{auth_string}'")
         end
 
-        def manage_user
-          dscl_create_user    if diverged?(:username)
-          dscl_create_comment if diverged?(:comment)
-          set_uid             if diverged?(:uid)
-          dscl_set_gid        if diverged?(:gid)
-          modify_home         if diverged?(:home)
-          dscl_set_shell      if diverged?(:shell)
-          modify_password     if diverged?(:password)
+        #
+        # Returns true if the user is locked, false otherwise.
+        #
+        def locked?
+          if @authentication_authority
+            !!(@authentication_authority =~ /DisabledUser/ )
+          else
+            false
+          end
         end
 
-        def dscl_create_user
-          safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username}")
+        #
+        # This is the interface base User provider requires to provide idempotency.
+        #
+        def check_lock
+          return @locked = locked?
         end
 
-        def dscl_create_comment
-          safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} RealName '#{@new_resource.comment}'")
+        #
+        # Helper functions
+        #
+
+        #
+        # Returns true if the system state and desired state is different for
+        # given attribute.
+        #
+        def diverged?(parameter)
+          parameter_updated?(parameter) && (not @new_resource.send(parameter).nil?)
         end
 
-        def dscl_set_gid
-          unless @new_resource.gid && @new_resource.gid.to_s.match(/^\d+$/)
-            begin
-              possible_gid = safe_dscl("read /Groups/#{@new_resource.gid} PrimaryGroupID").split(" ").last
-            rescue Chef::Exceptions::DsclCommandFailed => e
-              raise Chef::Exceptions::GroupIDNotFound.new("Group not found for #{@new_resource.gid} when creating user #{@new_resource.username}")
-            end
-            @new_resource.gid(possible_gid) if possible_gid && possible_gid.match(/^\d+$/)
-          end
-          safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} PrimaryGroupID '#{@new_resource.gid}'")
+        def parameter_updated?(parameter)
+          not (@new_resource.send(parameter) == @current_resource.send(parameter))
         end
 
-        def dscl_set_shell
-          if @new_resource.password || ::File.exists?("#{@new_resource.shell}")
-            safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} UserShell '#{@new_resource.shell}'")
+        #
+        # We need a special check function for password since we support both
+        # plain text and shadow hash data.
+        #
+        # Checks if password needs update based on platform version and the
+        # type of the password specified.
+        #
+        def diverged_password?
+          return false if @new_resource.password.nil?
+
+          # Dscl provider supports both plain text passwords and shadow hashes.
+          if mac_osx_version_10_7?
+            if salted_sha512?(@new_resource.password)
+              diverged?(:password)
+            else
+              !salted_sha512_password_match?
+            end
           else
-            safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} UserShell '/usr/bin/false'")
+            # When a system is upgraded to a version 10.7+ shadow hashes of the users
+            # will be updated when the user logs in. So it's possible that we will have
+            # SALTED-SHA512 password in the current_resource. In that case we will force
+            # password to be updated.
+            return true if salted_sha512?(@current_resource.password)
+
+            if salted_sha512_pbkdf2?(@new_resource.password)
+              diverged?(:password) || diverged?(:salt) || diverged?(:iterations)
+            else
+              !salted_sha512_pbkdf2_password_match?
+            end
           end
         end
 
-        def remove_user
-          if @new_resource.supports[:manage_home]
-            user_info = safe_dscl("read /Users/#{@new_resource.username}")
-            if nfs_home_match = user_info.match(NFS_HOME_DIRECTORY)
-              #nfs_home = safe_dscl("read /Users/#{@new_resource.username} NFSHomeDirectory")
-              #nfs_home.gsub!(/NFSHomeDirectory: /,"").gsub!(/\n$/,"")
-              nfs_home = nfs_home_match[1]
-              FileUtils.rm_rf(nfs_home)
-            end
-          end
-          # remove the user from its groups
-          groups = []
-          Etc.group do |group|
-            groups << group.name if group.mem.include?(@new_resource.username)
-          end
-          groups.each do |group_name|
-            safe_dscl("delete /Groups/#{group_name} GroupMembership '#{@new_resource.username}'")
+        #
+        # Returns true if user is member of the specified group, false otherwise.
+        #
+        def member_of_group?(group_name)
+          membership_info = ""
+          begin
+            membership_info = run_dscl("read /Groups/#{group_name}")
+          rescue Chef::Exceptions::DsclCommandFailed
+            # Raised if the group doesn't contain any members
           end
-          # remove user account
-          safe_dscl("delete /Users/#{@new_resource.username}")
+          # Output is something like:
+          # GroupMembership: root admin etc
+          members = membership_info.split(" ")
+          members.shift # Get rid of GroupMembership: string
+          members.include?(@new_resource.username)
         end
 
-        def locked?
-          user_info = safe_dscl("read /Users/#{@new_resource.username}")
-          if auth_authority_md = AUTHENTICATION_AUTHORITY.match(user_info)
-            !!(auth_authority_md[1] =~ /DisabledUser/ )
-          else
-            false
+        #
+        # DSCL Helper functions
+        #
+
+        # A simple map of Chef's terms to DSCL's terms.
+        DSCL_PROPERTY_MAP = {
+          :uid => "generateduid",
+          :gid => "gid",
+          :home => "home",
+          :shell => "shell",
+          :comment => "realname",
+          :password => "passwd",
+          :auth_authority => "authentication_authority",
+          :shadow_hash => "ShadowHashData"
+        }.freeze
+
+        # Directory where the user plist files are stored for versions 10.7 and above
+        USER_PLIST_DIRECTORY = "/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users".freeze
+
+        #
+        # Reads the user plist and returns a hash keyed with DSCL properties specified
+        # in DSCL_PROPERTY_MAP. Return nil if the user is not found.
+        #
+        def read_user_info
+          user_info = nil
+
+          begin
+            user_plist_file = "#{USER_PLIST_DIRECTORY}/#{@new_resource.username}.plist"
+            user_plist_info = run_plutil("convert xml1 -o - #{user_plist_file}")
+            user_info = Plist::parse_xml(user_plist_info)
+          rescue Chef::Exceptions::PlistUtilCommandFailed
           end
+
+          user_info
         end
 
-        def check_lock
-          return @locked = locked?
+        #
+        # Saves the given hash keyed with DSCL properties specified
+        # in DSCL_PROPERTY_MAP to the disk.
+        #
+        def save_user_info(user_info)
+          user_plist_file = "#{USER_PLIST_DIRECTORY}/#{@new_resource.username}.plist"
+          Plist::Emit.save_plist(user_info, user_plist_file)
+          run_plutil("convert binary1 #{user_plist_file}")
         end
 
-        def lock_user
-          safe_dscl("append /Users/#{@new_resource.username} AuthenticationAuthority ';DisabledUser;'")
+        #
+        # Sets a value in user information hash using Chef attributes as keys.
+        #
+        def dscl_set(user_hash, key, value)
+          raise "Unknown dscl key #{key}" unless DSCL_PROPERTY_MAP.keys.include?(key)
+          user_hash[DSCL_PROPERTY_MAP[key]] = [ value ]
+          user_hash
         end
 
-        def unlock_user
-          auth_info = safe_dscl("read /Users/#{@new_resource.username} AuthenticationAuthority")
-          auth_string = auth_info.gsub(/AuthenticationAuthority: /,"").gsub(/;DisabledUser;/,"").strip#.gsub!(/[; ]*$/,"")
-          safe_dscl("create /Users/#{@new_resource.username} AuthenticationAuthority '#{auth_string}'")
+        #
+        # Gets a value from user information hash using Chef attributes as keys.
+        #
+        def dscl_get(user_hash, key)
+          raise "Unknown dscl key #{key}" unless DSCL_PROPERTY_MAP.keys.include?(key)
+          # DSCL values are set as arrays
+          value = user_hash[DSCL_PROPERTY_MAP[key]]
+          value.nil? ? value : value.first
         end
 
-        def validate_home_dir_specification!
-          unless @new_resource.home =~ /^\//
-            raise(Chef::Exceptions::InvalidHomeDirectory,"invalid path spec for User: '#{@new_resource.username}', home directory: '#{@new_resource.home}'")
-          end
+        #
+        # System Helpets
+        #
+
+        def mac_osx_version
+          # This provider will only be invoked on node[:platform] == "mac_os_x"
+          # We do not check or assert that here.
+          node[:platform_version]
         end
 
-        def current_home_exists?
-          ::File.exist?("#{@current_resource.home}")
+        def mac_osx_version_10_7?
+          mac_osx_version.start_with?("10.7.")
         end
 
-        def new_home_exists?
-          ::File.exist?("#{@new_resource.home}")
+        def mac_osx_version_less_than_10_7?
+          versions = mac_osx_version.split(".")
+          # Make integer comparison in order not to report 10.10 less than 10.7
+          (versions[0].to_i <= 10 && versions[1].to_i < 7)
         end
 
-        def ditto_home
-          skel = "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj"
-          raise(Chef::Exceptions::User,"can't find skel at: #{skel}") unless ::File.exists?(skel)
-          shell_out! "ditto '#{skel}' '#{@new_resource.home}'"
-          ::FileUtils.chown_R(@new_resource.username,@new_resource.gid.to_s,@new_resource.home)
+        def mac_osx_version_greater_than_10_7?
+          versions = mac_osx_version.split(".")
+          # Make integer comparison in order not to report 10.10 less than 10.7
+          (versions[0].to_i >= 10 && versions[1].to_i > 7)
         end
 
-        def move_home
-          Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} moving #{self} home from #{@current_resource.home} to #{@new_resource.home}")
+        def run_dscl(*args)
+          result = shell_out("dscl . -#{args.join(' ')}")
+          return "" if ( args.first =~ /^delete/ ) && ( result.exitstatus != 0 )
+          raise(Chef::Exceptions::DsclCommandFailed,"dscl error: #{result.inspect}") unless result.exitstatus == 0
+          raise(Chef::Exceptions::DsclCommandFailed,"dscl error: #{result.inspect}") if result.stdout =~ /No such key: /
+          result.stdout
+        end
 
-          src = @current_resource.home
-          FileUtils.mkdir_p(@new_resource.home)
-          files = ::Dir.glob("#{src}/*", ::File::FNM_DOTMATCH) - ["#{src}/.","#{src}/.."]
-          ::FileUtils.mv(files,@new_resource.home, :force => true)
-          ::FileUtils.rmdir(src)
-          ::FileUtils.chown_R(@new_resource.username,@new_resource.gid.to_s,@new_resource.home)
+        def run_plutil(*args)
+          result = shell_out("plutil -#{args.join(' ')}")
+          raise(Chef::Exceptions::PlistUtilCommandFailed,"plutil error: #{result.inspect}") unless result.exitstatus == 0
+          result.stdout
         end
 
-        def diverged?(parameter)
-          parameter_updated?(parameter) && (not @new_resource.send(parameter).nil?)
+        def convert_binary_plist_to_xml(binary_plist_string)
+          Mixlib::ShellOut.new("plutil -convert xml1 -o - -", :input => binary_plist_string).run_command.stdout
         end
 
-        def parameter_updated?(parameter)
-          not (@new_resource.send(parameter) == @current_resource.send(parameter))
+        def convert_to_binary(string)
+          string.unpack('a2'*(string.size/2)).collect { |i| i.hex.chr }.join
+        end
+
+        def salted_sha512?(string)
+          !!(string =~ /^[[:xdigit:]]{136}$/)
+        end
+
+        def salted_sha512_password_match?
+          # Salt is included in the first 4 bytes of shadow data
+          salt = @current_resource.password.slice(0,8)
+          shadow = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(convert_to_binary(salt) + @new_resource.password)
+          @current_resource.password == salt + shadow
         end
+
+        def salted_sha512_pbkdf2?(string)
+          !!(string =~ /^[[:xdigit:]]{256}$/)
+        end
+
+        def salted_sha512_pbkdf2_password_match?
+          salt = convert_to_binary(@current_resource.salt)
+
+          OpenSSL::PKCS5::pbkdf2_hmac(
+            @new_resource.password,
+            salt,
+            @current_resource.iterations,
+            128,
+            OpenSSL::Digest::SHA512.new
+          ).unpack('H*').first == @current_resource.password
+        end
+
       end
     end
   end