Fixed #7082 - Added system support for groups

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/group/groupadd.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/group/groupadd.rb
index 82ed4c0c7..bcc08d9f7 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/group/groupadd.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/group/groupadd.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:group).provide :groupadd, :parent => Puppet::Provider::NameSe
 
   commands :add => "groupadd", :delete => "groupdel", :modify => "groupmod"
 
+  has_feature :system_groups
+
   verify :gid, "GID must be an integer" do |value|
     value.is_a? Integer
   end
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:group).provide :groupadd, :parent => Puppet::Provider::NameSe
       end
     end
     cmd << "-o" if @resource.allowdupe?
+    cmd << "-r" if @resource.system?
     cmd << @resource[:name]
 
     cmd
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/group.rb b/lib/puppet/type/group.rb
index cde1cfd65..066bd49df 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/group.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/group.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 require 'etc'
 require 'facter'
 
@@ -15,6 +14,9 @@ module Puppet
     feature :manages_members,
       "For directories where membership is an attribute of groups not users."
 
+    feature :system_groups,
+      "The provider allows you to create system groups with lower GIDs."
+
     ensurable do
       desc "Create or remove the group."
 
@@ -95,5 +97,13 @@ module Puppet
 
       defaultto false
     end
+
+    newparam(:system, :boolean => true) do
+      desc "Whether the group is a system group with lower GID."
+
+      newvalues(:true, :false)
+
+      defaultto false
+    end
   end
 end