diff --git a/spec/unit/type/user_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/user_spec.rb
index b92afcd35..189807fc0 100755
--- a/spec/unit/type/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/user_spec.rb
@@ -1,302 +1,298 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rspec
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Puppet::Type.type(:user) do
   before :each do
-    ENV["PATH"] += File::PATH_SEPARATOR + "/usr/sbin" unless ENV["PATH"].split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).include?("/usr/sbin")
-    @provider = stub 'provider'
-    @resource = stub 'resource', :resource => nil, :provider => @provider, :line => nil, :file => nil
-
     @provider_class = described_class.provide(:simple) do
       has_features :manages_expiry, :manages_password_age, :manages_passwords, :manages_solaris_rbac
       mk_resource_methods
       def create; end
       def delete; end
       def exists?; get(:ensure) != :absent; end
       def flush; end
       def self.instances; []; end
     end
     described_class.stubs(:defaultprovider).returns @provider_class
   end
 
   it "should have a default provider inheriting from Puppet::Provider" do
     described_class.defaultprovider.ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Provider)
   end
 
   it "should be able to create a instance" do
     described_class.new(:name => "foo").should_not be_nil
   end
 
   it "should have an allows_duplicates feature" do
     described_class.provider_feature(:allows_duplicates).should_not be_nil
   end
 
   it "should have an manages_homedir feature" do
     described_class.provider_feature(:manages_homedir).should_not be_nil
   end
 
   it "should have an manages_passwords feature" do
     described_class.provider_feature(:manages_passwords).should_not be_nil
   end
 
   it "should have a manages_solaris_rbac feature" do
     described_class.provider_feature(:manages_solaris_rbac).should_not be_nil
   end
 
   it "should have a manages_expiry feature" do
     described_class.provider_feature(:manages_expiry).should_not be_nil
   end
 
   it "should have a manages_password_age feature" do
     described_class.provider_feature(:manages_password_age).should_not be_nil
   end
 
   it "should have a system_users feature" do
     described_class.provider_feature(:system_users).should_not be_nil
   end
 
   describe "instances" do
     it "should have a valid provider" do
       described_class.new(:name => "foo").provider.class.ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Provider)
     end
 
     it "should delegate existence questions to its provider" do
       @provider = @provider_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :absent)
       instance = described_class.new(:name => "foo", :provider => @provider)
       instance.exists?.should == false
 
       @provider.set(:ensure => :present)
       instance.exists?.should == true
     end
   end
 
   properties = [:ensure, :uid, :gid, :home, :comment, :shell, :password, :password_min_age, :password_max_age, :groups, :roles, :auths, :profiles, :project, :keys, :expiry]
 
   properties.each do |property|
     it "should have a #{property} property" do
       described_class.attrclass(property).ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Property)
     end
 
     it "should have documentation for its #{property} property" do
       described_class.attrclass(property).doc.should be_instance_of(String)
     end
   end
 
   list_properties = [:groups, :roles, :auths]
 
   list_properties.each do |property|
     it "should have a list '#{property}'" do
       described_class.attrclass(property).ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Property::List)
     end
   end
 
   it "should have an ordered list 'profiles'" do
     described_class.attrclass(:profiles).ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Property::OrderedList)
   end
 
   it "should have key values 'keys'" do
     described_class.attrclass(:keys).ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Property::KeyValue)
   end
 
   describe "when retrieving all current values" do
     before do
       @provider = @provider_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :present, :uid => 15, :gid => 15)
       @user = described_class.new(:name => "foo", :uid => 10, :provider => @provider)
     end
 
     it "should return a hash containing values for all set properties" do
       @user[:gid] = 10
       values = @user.retrieve
       [@user.property(:uid), @user.property(:gid)].each { |property| values.should be_include(property) }
     end
 
     it "should set all values to :absent if the user is absent" do
       @user.property(:ensure).expects(:retrieve).returns :absent
       @user.property(:uid).expects(:retrieve).never
       @user.retrieve[@user.property(:uid)].should == :absent
     end
 
     it "should include the result of retrieving each property's current value if the user is present" do
       @user.retrieve[@user.property(:uid)].should == 15
     end
   end
 
   describe "when managing the ensure property" do
     it "should support a :present value" do
       lambda { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :present) }.should_not raise_error
     end
 
     it "should support an :absent value" do
       lambda { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :absent) }.should_not raise_error
     end
 
     it "should call :create on the provider when asked to sync to the :present state" do
       @provider = @provider_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :absent)
       @provider.expects(:create)
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :present, :provider => @provider).parameter(:ensure).sync
     end
 
     it "should call :delete on the provider when asked to sync to the :absent state" do
       @provider = @provider_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :present)
       @provider.expects(:delete)
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :absent, :provider => @provider).parameter(:ensure).sync
     end
 
     describe "and determining the current state" do
       it "should return :present when the provider indicates the user exists" do
         @provider = @provider_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :present)
         described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :absent, :provider => @provider).parameter(:ensure).retrieve.should == :present
       end
 
       it "should return :absent when the provider indicates the user does not exist" do
         @provider = @provider_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :absent)
         described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :present, :provider => @provider).parameter(:ensure).retrieve.should == :absent
       end
     end
   end
 
   describe "when managing the uid property" do
     it "should convert number-looking strings into actual numbers" do
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :uid => '50')[:uid].should == 50
     end
 
     it "should support UIDs as numbers" do
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :uid => 50)[:uid].should == 50
     end
 
     it "should support :absent as a value" do
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :uid => :absent)[:uid].should == :absent
     end
   end
 
   describe "when managing the gid" do
     it "should support :absent as a value" do
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :gid => :absent)[:gid].should == :absent
     end
 
     it "should convert number-looking strings into actual numbers" do
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :gid => '50')[:gid].should == 50
     end
 
     it "should support GIDs specified as integers" do
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :gid => 50)[:gid].should == 50
     end
 
     it "should support groups specified by name" do
       described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :gid => 'foo')[:gid].should == 'foo'
     end
 
     describe "when testing whether in sync" do
       it "should return true if no 'should' values are set" do
         # this is currently not the case because gid has no default value, so we would never even
         # call insync? on that property
         if param = described_class.new(:name => 'foo').parameter(:gid)
           param.must be_safe_insync(500)
         end
       end
 
       it "should return true if any of the specified groups are equal to the current integer" do
         Puppet::Util.expects(:gid).with("foo").returns 300
         Puppet::Util.expects(:gid).with("bar").returns 500
         described_class.new(:name => 'baz', :gid => [ 'foo', 'bar' ]).parameter(:gid).must be_safe_insync(500)
       end
 
       it "should return false if none of the specified groups are equal to the current integer" do
         Puppet::Util.expects(:gid).with("foo").returns 300
         Puppet::Util.expects(:gid).with("bar").returns 500
         described_class.new(:name => 'baz', :gid => [ 'foo', 'bar' ]).parameter(:gid).must_not be_safe_insync(700)
       end
     end
 
     describe "when syncing" do
       it "should use the first found, specified group as the desired value and send it to the provider" do
         Puppet::Util.expects(:gid).with("foo").returns nil
         Puppet::Util.expects(:gid).with("bar").returns 500
 
         @provider = @provider_class.new(:name => 'foo')
         resource = described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :provider => @provider, :gid => [ 'foo', 'bar' ])
 
         @provider.expects(:gid=).with 500
         resource.parameter(:gid).sync
       end
     end
   end
 
   describe "when managing expiry" do
     it "should fail if given an invalid date" do
       lambda { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :expiry => "200-20-20") }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Expiry dates must be YYYY-MM-DD/)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when managing minimum password age" do
     it "should accept a negative minimum age" do
       expect { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :password_min_age => '-1') }.should_not raise_error
     end
 
     it "should fail with an empty minimum age" do
       expect { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :password_min_age => '') }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error, /minimum age must be provided as a number/)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when managing maximum password age" do
     it "should accept a negative maximum age" do
       expect { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :password_max_age => '-1') }.should_not raise_error
     end
 
     it "should fail with an empty maximum age" do
       expect { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :password_max_age => '') }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error, /maximum age must be provided as a number/)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when managing passwords" do
     before do
       @password = described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :password => 'mypass').parameter(:password)
     end
 
     it "should not include the password in the change log when adding the password" do
       @password.change_to_s(:absent, "mypass").should_not be_include("mypass")
     end
 
     it "should not include the password in the change log when changing the password" do
       @password.change_to_s("other", "mypass").should_not be_include("mypass")
     end
 
     it "should redact the password when displaying the old value" do
       @password.is_to_s("currentpassword").should =~ /^\[old password hash redacted\]$/
     end
 
     it "should redact the password when displaying the new value" do
       @password.should_to_s("newpassword").should =~ /^\[new password hash redacted\]$/
     end
 
     it "should fail if a ':' is included in the password" do
       lambda { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :password => "some:thing") }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Passwords cannot include ':'/)
     end
 
     it "should allow the value to be set to :absent" do
       lambda { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :password => :absent) }.should_not raise_error
     end
   end
 
   describe "when manages_solaris_rbac is enabled" do
     it "should support a :role value for ensure" do
       lambda { described_class.new(:name => 'foo', :ensure => :role) }.should_not raise_error
     end
   end
 
   describe "when user has roles" do
     it "should autorequire roles" do
       testuser = described_class.new(:name => "testuser", :roles => ['testrole'] )
       testrole = described_class.new(:name => "testrole")
 
       config = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new :testing do |conf|
         [testuser, testrole].each { |resource| conf.add_resource resource }
       end
       Puppet::Type::User::ProviderDirectoryservice.stubs(:get_macosx_version_major).returns "10.5"
 
       rel = testuser.autorequire[0]
       rel.source.ref.should == testrole.ref
       rel.target.ref.should == testuser.ref
     end
   end
 end