## mkpasswd("password", "12345678")
# needs an 8-char salt *always*
module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:mkpasswd, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
    %x{/usr/bin/mkpasswd -H MD5 #{args[0]} #{args[1]}}.chomp
  end
end

## usage [plain_text]
$pw = mkpasswd("test", "12345678")
notify { $pw: }

## output [plain_text]
notice: //Node[junglist]/Notify[$1$12345678$oEitTZYQtRHfNGmsFvTBA/]/message: is absent, should be $1$12345678$oEitTZYQtRHfNGmsFvTBA/