failing on linux_user

[danhiris]

This linux_user resource is getting called by the instance recipe and it's failing due to the directory already being there.
After running this again, it worked because the directory of the user was changed but the problem is due to not being able to move the user's home contents over to an already existing directory.
Is the -m option in conjunction with -d really necessary?

• logstash_instance[logstash] action create (up to date)

  • directory[/opt/logstash/logstash] action delete (up to date)

  • linux_user[logstash] action create

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    Error executing action create on resource 'linux_user[logstash]'

    Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed

    Expected process to exit with [0], but received '12'
    ---- Begin output of ["usermod", "-d", "/var/lib/logstash", "-m", "logstash"] ----
    STDOUT:
    STDERR: usermod: directory /var/lib/logstash exists
    ---- End output of ["usermod", "-d", "/var/lib/logstash", "-m", "logstash"] ----
    Ran ["usermod", "-d", "/var/lib/logstash", "-m", "logstash"] returned 12

    Resource Declaration:

    In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/logstash/providers/instance.rb

    79: ur = user ls[:user] do
    80: home ls[:homedir]
    81: system true
    82: action :create
    83: manage_home true
    84: uid ls[:uid]
    85: end
    86: new_resource.updated_by_last_action(ur.updated_by_last_action?)

    Compiled Resource:

    Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/logstash/providers/instance.rb:79:in `block in class_from_file'

    linux_user("logstash") do
    action [:create]
    supports {:manage_home=>false, :non_unique=>false}
    retries 0
    retry_delay 2
    default_guard_interpreter :default
    username "logstash"
    uid nil
    gid nil
    home "/var/lib/logstash"
    system true
    manage_home true
    iterations 27855
    declared_type :user
    cookbook_name "usf_mw_logstash"
    end

    Platform:

    x86_64-linux