fnichol/chef-user — pull request #23 by patcon (2012-10-29 21:54:27+00:00)
Title: Allow plaintext password to be used

Databag encryption is dealt with elsewhere, so it seems alright that some folks might not care that the non-shadowhashed password is used from the databag.

Thinking maybe we could check:
- whether a `shadowhash_password` LRWP attribute is set
- if set to false (and so assume plaintext), use this method to generate: http://judepereira.com/blog/use-ruby-to-generate-your-shadow-password/

Would regenerate each time chef runs, but don't think that would be an issue?

I'll try to test it out