body common control
{
    bundlesequence => { "addpasswd" };
}

bundle agent addpasswd
{
  vars:

    # want to set these values by the names of their array keys

    "pwd[mark]" string => "mark:x:1000:100:Mark Burgess:/home/mark:/bin/bash";
    "pwd[fred]" string => "fred:x:1001:100:Right Said:/home/fred:/bin/bash";
    "pwd[jane]" string => "jane:x:1002:100:Jane Doe:/home/jane:/bin/bash";

  files:

    "/tmp/passwd"
      create => "true",
      edit_line => append_users_starting("addpasswd.pwd");

}

############################################################
# Library stuff
############################################################

bundle edit_line append_users_starting(v)
{
  vars:
    "index" slist => getindices("$(v)");

  classes:
    "add_$(index)" not => userexists("$(index)");

  insert_lines:
    "$($(v)[$(index)])",
      if => "add_$(index)";
}
############################################################

bundle edit_line append_groups_starting(v)
{
  vars:
    "index" slist => getindices("$(v)");

  classes:
    "add_$(index)" not => groupexists("$(index)");

  insert_lines:
    "$($(v)[$(index)])",
      if => "add_$(index)";
}