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-require 'puppet'
-require 'puppet/util/plist' if Puppet.features.cfpropertylist?
-require 'base64'
-Puppet::Type.type(:user).provide :directoryservice do
-  desc "User management on OS X."
-##                   ##
-## Provider Settings ##
-##                   ##
-  # Provider command declarations
-  commands :uuidgen      => '/usr/bin/uuidgen'
-  commands :dsimport     => '/usr/bin/dsimport'
-  commands :dscl         => '/usr/bin/dscl'
-  commands :dscacheutil  => '/usr/bin/dscacheutil'
-  # Provider confines and defaults
-  confine    :operatingsystem => :darwin
-  confine    :feature         => :cfpropertylist
-  defaultfor :operatingsystem => :darwin
-  # Need this to create getter/setter methods automagically
-  # This command creates methods that return @property_hash[:value]
-  mk_resource_methods
-  # JJM: OS X can manage passwords.
-  has_feature :manages_passwords
-  # 10.8 Passwords use a PBKDF2 salt value
-  has_features :manages_password_salt
-  #provider can set the user's shell
-  has_feature :manages_shell
-##               ##
-## Class Methods ##
-##               ##
-  # This method exists to map the dscl values to the correct Puppet
-  # properties. This stays relatively consistent, but who knows what
-  # Apple will do next year...
-  def self.ds_to_ns_attribute_map
-    {
-      'RecordName'       => :name,
-      'PrimaryGroupID'   => :gid,
-      'NFSHomeDirectory' => :home,
-      'UserShell'        => :shell,
-      'UniqueID'         => :uid,
-      'RealName'         => :comment,
-      'Password'         => :password,
-      'GeneratedUID'     => :guid,
-      'IPAddress'        => :ip_address,
-      'ENetAddress'      => :en_address,
-      'GroupMembership'  => :members,
-    }
-  end
-  def self.ns_to_ds_attribute_map
-    @ns_to_ds_attribute_map ||= ds_to_ns_attribute_map.invert
-  end
-  # Prefetching is necessary to use @property_hash inside any setter methods.
-  # self.prefetch uses self.instances to gather an array of user instances
-  # on the system, and then populates the @property_hash instance variable
-  # with attribute data for the specific instance in question (i.e. it
-  # gathers the 'is' values of the resource into the @property_hash instance
-  # variable so you don't have to read from the system every time you need
-  # to gather the 'is' values for a resource. The downside here is that
-  # populating this instance variable for every resource on the system
-  # takes time and front-loads your Puppet run.
-  def self.prefetch(resources)
-    instances.each do |prov|
-      if resource = resources[prov.name]
-        resource.provider = prov
-      end
-    end
-  end
-  # This method assembles an array of provider instances containing
-  # information about every instance of the user type on the system (i.e.
-  # every user and its attributes). The `puppet resource` command relies
-  # on self.instances to gather an array of user instances in order to
-  # display its output.
-  def self.instances
-    get_all_users.collect do |user|
-      self.new(generate_attribute_hash(user))
-    end
-  end
-  # Return an array of hashes containing information about every user on
-  # the system.
-  def self.get_all_users
-    Puppet::Util::Plist.parse_plist(dscl '-plist', '.', 'readall', '/Users')
-  end
-  # This method accepts an individual user plist, passed as a hash, and
-  # strips the dsAttrTypeStandard: prefix that dscl adds for each key.
-  # An attribute hash is assembled and returned from the properties
-  # supported by the user type.
-  def self.generate_attribute_hash(input_hash)
-    attribute_hash = {}
-    input_hash.keys.each do |key|
-      ds_attribute = key.sub("dsAttrTypeStandard:", "")
-      next unless ds_to_ns_attribute_map.keys.include?(ds_attribute)
-      ds_value = input_hash[key]
-      case ds_to_ns_attribute_map[ds_attribute]
-        when :gid, :uid
-          # OS X stores objects like uid/gid as strings.
-          # Try casting to an integer for these cases to be
-          # consistent with the other providers and the group type
-          # validation
-          begin
-            ds_value = Integer(ds_value[0])
-          rescue ArgumentError
-            ds_value = ds_value[0]
-          end
-        else ds_value = ds_value[0]
-      end
-      attribute_hash[ds_to_ns_attribute_map[ds_attribute]] = ds_value
-    end
-    attribute_hash[:ensure]         = :present
-    attribute_hash[:provider]       = :directoryservice
-    attribute_hash[:shadowhashdata] = get_attribute_from_dscl('Users', attribute_hash[:name], 'ShadowHashData')
-    ##############
-    # Get Groups #
-    ##############
-    groups_array = []
-    get_list_of_groups.each do |group|
-      if group["dsAttrTypeStandard:GroupMembership"] and group["dsAttrTypeStandard:GroupMembership"].include?(attribute_hash[:name])
-        groups_array << group["dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName"][0]
-      end
-      if group["dsAttrTypeStandard:GroupMembers"] and group["dsAttrTypeStandard:GroupMembers"].include?(attribute_hash[:guid])
-        groups_array << group["dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName"][0]
-      end
-    end
-    attribute_hash[:groups] = groups_array.uniq.sort.join(',')
-    ################################
-    # Get Password/Salt/Iterations #
-    ################################
-    if attribute_hash[:shadowhashdata].empty?
-      attribute_hash[:password] = '*'
-    else
-      embedded_binary_plist = get_embedded_binary_plist(attribute_hash[:shadowhashdata])
-      if embedded_binary_plist['SALTED-SHA512']
-        attribute_hash[:password] = get_salted_sha512(embedded_binary_plist)
-      else
-        attribute_hash[:password]   = get_salted_sha512_pbkdf2('entropy', embedded_binary_plist)
-        attribute_hash[:salt]       = get_salted_sha512_pbkdf2('salt', embedded_binary_plist)
-        attribute_hash[:iterations] = get_salted_sha512_pbkdf2('iterations', embedded_binary_plist)
-      end
-    end
-    attribute_hash
-  end
-  def self.get_os_version
-    @os_version ||= Facter.value(:macosx_productversion_major)
-  end
-  # Use dscl to retrieve an array of hashes containing attributes about all
-  # of the local groups on the machine.
-  def self.get_list_of_groups
-    @groups ||= Puppet::Util::Plist.parse_plist(dscl '-plist', '.', 'readall', '/Groups')
-  end
-  # Perform a dscl lookup at the path specified for the specific keyname
-  # value. The value returned is the first item within the array returned
-  # from dscl
-  def self.get_attribute_from_dscl(path, username, keyname)
-    Puppet::Util::Plist.parse_plist(dscl '-plist', '.', 'read', "/#{path}/#{username}", keyname)
-  end
-  # The plist embedded in the ShadowHashData key is a binary plist. The
-  # plist library doesn't read binary plists, so we need to
-  # extract the binary plist, convert it to XML, and return it.
-  def self.get_embedded_binary_plist(shadow_hash_data)
-    embedded_binary_plist = Array(shadow_hash_data['dsAttrTypeNative:ShadowHashData'][0].delete(' ')).pack('H*')
-    convert_binary_to_hash(embedded_binary_plist)
-  end
-  # This method will accept a hash and convert it to a binary plist (string value).
-  def self.convert_hash_to_binary(plist_data)
-    Puppet.debug('Converting plist hash to binary')
-    Puppet::Util::Plist.dump_plist(plist_data, :binary)
-  end
-  # This method will accept a binary plist (as a string) and convert it to a hash.
-  def self.convert_binary_to_hash(plist_data)
-    Puppet.debug('Converting binary plist to hash')
-    Puppet::Util::Plist.parse_plist(plist_data)
-  end
-  # The salted-SHA512 password hash in 10.7 is stored in the 'SALTED-SHA512'
-  # key as binary data. That data is extracted and converted to a hex string.
-  def self.get_salted_sha512(embedded_binary_plist)
-    embedded_binary_plist['SALTED-SHA512'].unpack("H*")[0]
-  end
-  # This method reads the passed embedded_binary_plist hash and returns values
-  # according to which field is passed.  Arguments passed are the hash
-  # containing the value read from the 'ShadowHashData' key in the User's
-  # plist, and the field to be read (one of 'entropy', 'salt', or 'iterations')
-  def self.get_salted_sha512_pbkdf2(field, embedded_binary_plist)
-    case field
-    when 'salt', 'entropy'
-      embedded_binary_plist['SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2'][field].unpack('H*').first
-    when 'iterations'
-      Integer(embedded_binary_plist['SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2'][field])
-    else
-      raise Puppet::Error, 'Puppet has tried to read an incorrect value from the ' +
-           "SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2 hash. Acceptable fields are 'salt', " +
-           "'entropy', or 'iterations'."
-    end
-  end
-  # In versions 10.5 and 10.6 of OS X, the password hash is stored in a file
-  # in the /var/db/shadow/hash directory that matches the GUID of the user.
-  def self.get_sha1(guid)
-    password_hash = nil
-    password_hash_file = "#{password_hash_dir}/#{guid}"
-    if Puppet::FileSystem.exist?(password_hash_file) and File.file?(password_hash_file)
-      raise Puppet::Error, "Could not read password hash file at #{password_hash_file}" if not File.readable?(password_hash_file)
-      f = File.new(password_hash_file)
-      password_hash = f.read
-      f.close
-    end
-    password_hash
-  end
-##                   ##
-## Ensurable Methods ##
-##                   ##
-  def exists?
-    begin
-      dscl '.', 'read', "/Users/#{@resource.name}"
-    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => e
-      Puppet.debug("User was not found, dscl returned: #{e.inspect}")
-      return false
-    end
-    true
-  end
-  # This method is called if ensure => present is passed and the exists?
-  # method returns false. Dscl will directly set most values, but the
-  # setter methods will be used for any exceptions.
-  def create
-    create_new_user(@resource.name)
-    # Retrieve the user's GUID
-    @guid = self.class.get_attribute_from_dscl('Users', @resource.name, 'GeneratedUID')['dsAttrTypeStandard:GeneratedUID'][0]
-    # Get an array of valid User type properties
-    valid_properties = Puppet::Type.type('User').validproperties
-    # Iterate through valid User type properties
-    valid_properties.each do |attribute|
-      next if attribute == :ensure
-      value = @resource.should(attribute)
-      # Value defaults
-      if value.nil?
-        value = case attribute
-                when :gid
-                  '20'
-                when :uid
-                  next_system_id
-                when :comment
-                  @resource.name
-                when :shell
-                  '/bin/bash'
-                when :home
-                  "/Users/#{@resource.name}"
-                else
-                  nil
-                end
-      end
-      # Ensure group names are converted to integers.
-      value = Puppet::Util.gid(value) if attribute == :gid
-      ## Set values ##
-      # For the :password and :groups properties, call the setter methods
-      # to enforce those values. For everything else, use dscl with the
-      # ns_to_ds_attribute_map to set the appropriate values.
-      if value != "" and not value.nil?
-        case attribute
-        when :password
-          self.password = value
-        when :iterations
-          self.iterations = value
-        when :salt
-          self.salt = value
-        when :groups
-          value.split(',').each do |group|
-            merge_attribute_with_dscl('Groups', group, 'GroupMembership', @resource.name)
-            merge_attribute_with_dscl('Groups', group, 'GroupMembers', @guid)
-          end
-        else
-          merge_attribute_with_dscl('Users', @resource.name, self.class.ns_to_ds_attribute_map[attribute], value)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-  # This method is called when ensure => absent has been set.
-  # Deleting a user is handled by dscl
-  def delete
-    dscl '.', '-delete', "/Users/#{@resource.name}"
-  end
-##                       ##
-## Getter/Setter Methods ##
-##                       ##
-  # In the setter method we're only going to take action on groups for which
-  # the user is not currently a member.
-  def groups=(value)
-    guid = self.class.get_attribute_from_dscl('Users', @resource.name, 'GeneratedUID')['dsAttrTypeStandard:GeneratedUID'][0]
-    groups_to_add = value.split(',') - groups.split(',')
-    groups_to_add.each do |group|
-      merge_attribute_with_dscl('Groups', group, 'GroupMembership', @resource.name)
-      merge_attribute_with_dscl('Groups', group, 'GroupMembers', guid)
-    end
-  end
-  # If you thought GETTING a password was bad, try SETTING it. This method
-  # makes me want to cry. A thousand tears...
-  #
-  # I've been unsuccessful in tracking down a way to set the password for
-  # a user using dscl that DOESN'T require passing it as plaintext. We were
-  # also unable to get dsimport to work like this. Due to these downfalls,
-  # the sanest method requires opening the user's plist, dropping in the
-  # password hash, and serializing it back to disk. The problems with THIS
-  # method revolve around dscl. Any time you directly modify a user's plist,
-  # you need to flush the cache that dscl maintains.
-  def password=(value)
-    if self.class.get_os_version == '10.7'
-      if value.length != 136
-        raise Puppet::Error, "OS X 10.7 requires a Salted SHA512 hash password of 136 characters.  Please check your password and try again."
-      end
-    else
-      if value.length != 256
-         raise Puppet::Error, "OS X versions > 10.7 require a Salted SHA512 PBKDF2 password hash of 256 characters. Please check your password and try again."
-      end
-      assert_full_pbkdf2_password
-    end
-    # Methods around setting the password on OS X are the ONLY methods that
-    # cannot use dscl (because the only way to set it via dscl is by passing
-    # a plaintext password - which is bad). Because of this, we have to change
-    # the user's plist directly. DSCL has its own caching mechanism, which
-    # means that every time we call dscl in this provider we're not directly
-    # changing values on disk (instead, those calls are cached and written
-    # to disk according to Apple's prioritization algorithms). When Puppet
-    # needs to set the password property on OS X > 10.6, the provider has to
-    # tell dscl to write its cache to disk before modifying the user's
-    # plist. The 'dscacheutil -flushcache' command does this. Another issue
-    # is how fast Puppet makes calls to dscl and how long it takes dscl to
-    # enter those calls into its cache. We have to sleep for 2 seconds before
-    # flushing the dscl cache to allow all dscl calls to get INTO the cache
-    # first. This could be made faster (and avoid a sleep call) by finding
-    # a way to enter calls into the dscl cache faster. A sleep time of 1
-    # second would intermittantly require a second Puppet run to set
-    # properties, so 2 seconds seems to be the minimum working value.
-    sleep 2
-    flush_dscl_cache
-    write_password_to_users_plist(value)
-    # Since we just modified the user's plist, we need to flush the ds cache
-    # again so dscl can pick up on the changes we made.
-    flush_dscl_cache
-  end
-  # The iterations and salt properties, like the password property, can only
-  # be modified by directly changing the user's plist. Because of this fact,
-  # we have to treat the ds cache just like you would in the password=
-  # method.
-  def iterations=(value)
-    if (Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(self.class.get_os_version, '10.7') > 0)
-      assert_full_pbkdf2_password
-      sleep 2
-      flush_dscl_cache
-      users_plist = get_users_plist(@resource.name)
-      shadow_hash_data = get_shadow_hash_data(users_plist)
-      set_salted_pbkdf2(users_plist, shadow_hash_data, 'iterations', value)
-      flush_dscl_cache
-    end
-  end
-  # The iterations and salt properties, like the password property, can only
-  # be modified by directly changing the user's plist. Because of this fact,
-  # we have to treat the ds cache just like you would in the password=
-  # method.
-  def salt=(value)
-    if (Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(self.class.get_os_version, '10.7') > 0)
-      assert_full_pbkdf2_password
-      sleep 2
-      flush_dscl_cache
-      users_plist = get_users_plist(@resource.name)
-      shadow_hash_data = get_shadow_hash_data(users_plist)
-      set_salted_pbkdf2(users_plist, shadow_hash_data, 'salt', value)
-      flush_dscl_cache
-    end
-  end
-  #####
-  # Dynamically create setter methods for dscl properties
-  #####
-  #
-  # Setter methods are only called when a resource currently has a value for
-  # that property and it needs changed (true here since all of these values
-  # have a default that is set in the create method). We don't want to merge
-  # in additional values if an incorrect value is set, we want to CHANGE it.
-  # When using the -change argument in dscl, the old value needs to be passed
-  # first (followed by the new value). Because of this, we get the current
-  # value from the @property_hash variable and then use the value passed as
-  # the new value. Because we're prefetching instances of the provider, it's
-  # possible that the value determined at the start of the run may be stale
-  # (i.e. someone changed the value by hand during a Puppet run) - if that's
-  # the case we rescue the error from dscl and alert the user.
-  #
-  # In the event that the user doesn't HAVE a value for the attribute, the
-  # provider should use the -merge option with dscl to add the attribute value
-  # for the user record
-  ['home', 'uid', 'gid', 'comment', 'shell'].each do |setter_method|
-    define_method("#{setter_method}=") do |value|
-      if @property_hash[setter_method.intern]
-        begin
-          dscl '.', '-change', "/Users/#{resource.name}", self.class.ns_to_ds_attribute_map[setter_method.intern], @property_hash[setter_method.intern], value
-        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => e
-          raise Puppet::Error, "Cannot set the #{setter_method} value of '#{value}' for user " +
-               "#{@resource.name} due to the following error: #{e.inspect}", e.backtrace
-        end
-      else
-        begin
-          dscl '.', '-merge', "/Users/#{resource.name}", self.class.ns_to_ds_attribute_map[setter_method.intern], value
-        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => e
-          raise Puppet::Error, "Cannot set the #{setter_method} value of '#{value}' for user " +
-               "#{@resource.name} due to the following error: #{e.inspect}", e.backtrace
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-  ##                ##
-  ## Helper Methods ##
-  ##                ##
-  def assert_full_pbkdf2_password
-    missing = [:password, :salt, :iterations].select { |parameter| @resource[parameter].nil? }
-    if !missing.empty?
-       raise Puppet::Error, "OS X versions > 10\.7 use PBKDF2 password hashes, which requires all three of salt, iterations, and password hash. This resource is missing: #{missing.join(', ')}."
-    end
-  end
-  def users_plist_dir
-    '/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users'
-  end
-  def self.password_hash_dir
-    '/var/db/shadow/hash'
-  end
-  # This method will merge in a given value using dscl
-  def merge_attribute_with_dscl(path, username, keyname, value)
-    begin
-      dscl '.', '-merge', "/#{path}/#{username}", keyname, value
-    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
-      raise Puppet::Error, "Could not set the dscl #{keyname} key with value: #{value} - #{detail.inspect}", detail.backtrace
-    end
-  end
-  # Create the new user with dscl
-  def create_new_user(username)
-    dscl '.', '-create',  "/Users/#{username}"
-  end
-  # Get the next available uid on the system by getting a list of user ids,
-  # sorting them, grabbing the last one, and adding a 1. Scientific stuff here.
-  def next_system_id(min_id=20)
-    dscl_output = dscl '.', '-list', '/Users', 'uid'
-    # We're ok with throwing away negative uids here. Also, remove nil values.
-    user_ids = dscl_output.split.compact.collect { |l| l.to_i if l.match(/^\d+$/) }
-    ids = user_ids.compact!.sort! { |a,b| a.to_f <=> b.to_f }
-    # We're just looking for an unused id in our sorted array.
-    ids.each_index do |i|
-      next_id = ids[i] + 1
-      return next_id if ids[i+1] != next_id and next_id >= min_id
-    end
-  end
-  # This method is only called on version 10.7 or greater. On 10.7 machines,
-  # passwords are set using a salted-SHA512 hash, and on 10.8 machines,
-  # passwords are set using PBKDF2. It's possible to have users on 10.8
-  # who have upgraded from 10.7 and thus have a salted-SHA512 password hash.
-  # If we encounter this, do what 10.8 does - remove that key and give them
-  # a 10.8-style PBKDF2 password.
-  def write_password_to_users_plist(value)
-    users_plist = get_users_plist(@resource.name)
-    shadow_hash_data = get_shadow_hash_data(users_plist)
-    if self.class.get_os_version == '10.7'
-      set_salted_sha512(users_plist, shadow_hash_data, value)
-    else
-      # It's possible that a user could exist on the system and NOT have
-      # a ShadowHashData key (especially if the system was upgraded from 10.6).
-      # In this case, a conditional check is needed to determine if the
-      # shadow_hash_data variable is a Hash (it would be false if the key
-      # didn't exist for this user on the system). If the shadow_hash_data
-      # variable IS a Hash and contains the 'SALTED-SHA512' key (indicating an
-      # older 10.7-style password hash), it will be deleted and a newer
-      # 10.8-style (PBKDF2) password hash will be generated.
-      if (shadow_hash_data.class == Hash) && (shadow_hash_data.has_key?('SALTED-SHA512'))
-        shadow_hash_data.delete('SALTED-SHA512')
-      end
-      set_salted_pbkdf2(users_plist, shadow_hash_data, 'entropy', value)
-    end
-  end
-  def flush_dscl_cache
-    dscacheutil '-flushcache'
-  end
-  def get_users_plist(username)
-    # This method will retrieve the data stored in a user's plist and
-    # return it as a native Ruby hash.
-    path = "#{users_plist_dir}/#{username}.plist"
-    Puppet::Util::Plist.read_plist_file(path)
-  end
-  # This method will return the binary plist that's embedded in the
-  # ShadowHashData key of a user's plist, or false if it doesn't exist.
-  def get_shadow_hash_data(users_plist)
-    if users_plist['ShadowHashData']
-      password_hash_plist  = users_plist['ShadowHashData'][0]
-      self.class.convert_binary_to_hash(password_hash_plist)
-    else
-      false
-    end
-  end
-  # This method will embed the binary plist data comprising the user's
-  # password hash (and Salt/Iterations value if the OS is 10.8 or greater)
-  # into the ShadowHashData key of the user's plist.
-  def set_shadow_hash_data(users_plist, binary_plist)
-    if users_plist.has_key?('ShadowHashData')
-      users_plist['ShadowHashData'][0] = binary_plist
-    else
-      users_plist['ShadowHashData'] = [binary_plist]
-    end
-    write_users_plist_to_disk(users_plist)
-  end
-  # This method accepts an argument of a hex password hash, and base64
-  # decodes it into a format that OS X 10.7 and 10.8 will store
-  # in the user's plist.
-  def base64_decode_string(value)
-    Base64.decode64([[value].pack("H*")].pack("m").strip)
-  end
-  # Puppet requires a salted-sha512 password hash for 10.7 users to be passed
-  # in Hex, but the embedded plist stores that value as a Base64 encoded
-  # string. This method converts the string and calls the
-  # set_shadow_hash_data method to serialize and write the plist to disk.
-  def set_salted_sha512(users_plist, shadow_hash_data, value)
-    unless shadow_hash_data
-      shadow_hash_data = Hash.new
-      shadow_hash_data['SALTED-SHA512'] = ''
-    end
-    shadow_hash_data['SALTED-SHA512'] = base64_decode_string(value)
-    binary_plist = self.class.convert_hash_to_binary(shadow_hash_data)
-    set_shadow_hash_data(users_plist, binary_plist)
-  end
-  # This method accepts a passed value and one of three fields: 'salt',
-  # 'entropy', or 'iterations'.  These fields correspond with the fields
-  # utilized in a PBKDF2 password hashing system
-  # (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2 ) where 'entropy' is the
-  # password hash, 'salt' is the password hash salt value, and 'iterations'
-  # is an integer recommended to be > 10,000. The remaining arguments are
-  # the user's plist itself, and the shadow_hash_data hash containing the
-  # existing PBKDF2 values.
-  def set_salted_pbkdf2(users_plist, shadow_hash_data, field, value)
-    shadow_hash_data = Hash.new unless shadow_hash_data
-    shadow_hash_data['SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2'] = Hash.new unless shadow_hash_data['SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2']
-    case field
-    when 'salt', 'entropy'
-      shadow_hash_data['SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2'][field] = base64_decode_string(value)
-    when 'iterations'
-      shadow_hash_data['SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2'][field] = Integer(value)
-    else
-      raise Puppet::Error "Puppet has tried to set an incorrect field for the 'SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2' hash. Acceptable fields are 'salt', 'entropy', or 'iterations'."
-    end
-    # on 10.8, this field *must* contain 8 stars, or authentication will
-    # fail.
-    users_plist['passwd'] = ('*' * 8)
-    # Convert shadow_hash_data to a binary plist, and call the
-    # set_shadow_hash_data method to serialize and write the data
-    # back to the user's plist.
-    binary_plist = self.class.convert_hash_to_binary(shadow_hash_data)
-    set_shadow_hash_data(users_plist, binary_plist)
-  end
-  # This method will accept a plist in XML format, save it to disk, convert
-  # the plist to a binary format, and flush the dscl cache.
-  def write_users_plist_to_disk(users_plist)
-    Puppet::Util::Plist.write_plist_file(users_plist, "#{users_plist_dir}/#{@resource.name}.plist", :binary)
-  end
-  # This is a simple wrapper method for writing values to a file.
-  def write_to_file(filename, value)
-    begin
-      File.open(filename, 'w') { |f| f.write(value)}
-    rescue Errno::EACCES => detail
-      raise Puppet::Error, "Could not write to file #{filename}: #{detail}", detail.backtrace
-    end
-  end
-end