move should_set? to superclass

Signed-off-by: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/user.rb b/lib/chef/provider/user.rb
index 18cf2d4d99..b27839bbcf 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/user.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/user.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright 2008-2017, Chef Software Inc.
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2008-2018, Chef Software Inc.
 # License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ class Chef
       def check_lock
         raise NotImplementedError
       end
+
+      # helper used by e.g. linux, aix, solaris providers
+      def should_set?(sym)
+        current_resource.send(sym).to_s != new_resource.send(sym).to_s && new_resource.send(sym)
+      end
     end
   end
 end