disco/balls/entities/files/usr/sbin/disco-linux-ents

#!/bin/bash

DEL=""
ADD=""
MOD=""
GETENT=""

HOSTNAME=$(hostname)

if [ "$1" == "user" ]; then
    GETENT="passwd"
    DEL="userdel"
    ADD="useradd"
    MOD="usermod"
elif [ "$1" == "group" ]; then
    GETENT="group"
    DEL="groupdel"
    ADD="groupadd"
    MOD="groupmod"
fi

NAME="$2"
op="$3"

set -x

PARAMS=$(disco-param get ${HOSTNAME}/${GETENT}s/${op}/${NAME})
BLAH=$(getent ${GETENT} | grep "^${NAME}" 2>&1)
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && [ "$op" == "absent" ]; then
    ${DEL} ${NAME}
elif [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
    ${MOD} ${PARAMS} ${NAME}
elif [ "$op" == "present" ]; then
    ${ADD} ${PARAMS} ${NAME}
fi

exit $?