Fix solaris handling for -m/-M behavior. Fixes #5403.

Signed-off-by: Noah Kantrowitz <noah@coderanger.net>

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/user/solaris.rb b/lib/chef/provider/user/solaris.rb
index 3012fcec23..04567e6bca 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/user/solaris.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/user/solaris.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ class Chef
         private
 
         # Override the version from {#Useradd} because Solaris doesn't support
-        # system users and therefore has no `-r` option.
+        # system users and therefore has no `-r` option. This also inverts the
+        # logic for manage_home as Solaris defaults to no-manage-home and only
+        # offers `-m`.
         #
         # @since 12.15
         # @api private
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class Chef
         # @return [Array<String>]
         def useradd_options
           opts = []
-          opts << "-M" unless managing_home_dir?
+          opts << "-m" if managing_home_dir?
           opts
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/user/solaris_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/user/solaris_spec.rb
index d6c0b886fc..8a5e654a0d 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/user/solaris_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/user/solaris_spec.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,15 @@ describe Chef::Provider::User::Solaris do
     context "with a system user" do
       before { new_resource.system(true) }
       it "should not pass -r" do
-        expect(provider).to receive(:shell_out!).with("useradd", "-M", "adam")
+        expect(provider).to receive(:shell_out!).with("useradd", "adam")
+        provider.create_user
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with manage_home" do
+      before { new_resource.manage_home(true) }
+      it "should not pass -r" do
+        expect(provider).to receive(:shell_out!).with("useradd", "-m", "adam")
         provider.create_user
       end
     end