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 Puppet supports user management on Linux with no difficulty, via the ''user'' provider.  Password hashes are most easily created by using 'passwd' on a temporary host, then copying the password hash from ''/etc/shadow''.
-The linux VNC password is set with [http://linux.die.net/man/1/vncpasswd vncpasswd].  For example:
+The linux VNC password is managed in cleartext (but in such a way that it's not exposed to the user).
-  [root@hp1 ~]# vncpasswd x
-  Password:
-  Verify:
-  [root@hp1 ~]# base64 x
-  ..***..***..
 == Darwin ==