{"record":{"id":"febc4bea84ad1b3a","repo":"puppetlabs/puppet","slug":"cannot-set-the-setter-method-value-of-value","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Cannot set the #{setter_method} value of '#{value}' for user #{@resource.name} due to the following error: #{e.inspect}","messagePattern":"Cannot set the #(.+?) value of '#(.+?)' for user #(.+?) due to the following error: #(.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Puppet::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb","lineNumber":461,"sourceCode":"  # the new value. Because we're prefetching instances of the provider, it's\n  # possible that the value determined at the start of the run may be stale\n  # (i.e. someone changed the value by hand during a Puppet run) - if that's\n  # the case we rescue the error from dscl and alert the user.\n  #\n  # In the event that the user doesn't HAVE a value for the attribute, the\n  # provider should use the -create option with dscl to add the attribute value\n  # for the user record\n  %w[home uid gid comment shell].each do |setter_method|\n    define_method(\"#{setter_method}=\") do |value|\n      if @property_hash[setter_method.intern]\n        if %w[home uid].include?(setter_method)\n          raise Puppet::Error, \"OS X version #{self.class.get_os_version} does not allow changing #{setter_method} using puppet\"\n        end\n\n        begin\n          dscl '.', '-change', \"/Users/#{resource.name}\", self.class.ns_to_ds_attribute_map[setter_method.intern], @property_hash[setter_method.intern], value\n        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => e\n          raise Puppet::Error, \"Cannot set the #{setter_method} value of '#{value}' for user \" \\\n                               \"#{@resource.name} due to the following error: #{e.inspect}\", e.backtrace\n        end\n      else\n        begin\n          dscl '.', '-create', \"/Users/#{resource.name}\", self.class.ns_to_ds_attribute_map[setter_method.intern], value\n        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => e\n          raise Puppet::Error, \"Cannot set the #{setter_method} value of '#{value}' for user \" \\\n                               \"#{@resource.name} due to the following error: #{e.inspect}\", e.backtrace\n        end\n      end\n    end\n  end\n\n  ##                ##\n  ## Helper Methods ##\n  ##                ##\n\n  def assert_full_pbkdf2_password","sourceCodeStart":443,"sourceCodeEnd":479,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a/lib/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb#L443-L479","documentation":"Error \"Cannot set the #{setter_method} value of '#{value}' for user #{@resource.name} due to the following error: #{e.inspect}\" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/puppet/provider/user/directoryservice.rb:461 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T20:49:46.650Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T23:17:16.201Z"}