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diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/user_attr.rb b/lib/puppet/util/user_attr.rb
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+class UserAttr
+    def self.get_attributes_by_name(name)
+        attributes = nil
+
+        File.readlines('/etc/user_attr').each do |line|
+            next if line =~ /^#/
+
+            token = line.split(':')
+
+            if token[0] == name
+                attributes = {:name => name}
+                token[4].split(';').each do |attr|
+                    key_value = attr.split('=')
+                    attributes[key_value[0].intern] = key_value[1].strip
+                end
+                break
+            end
+        end
+        return attributes
+    end
+end