diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5b82e14e7a5abfa7d32a90eb904c0b8b6ab51f7b..1d5025cb04afdfbe077177408e73bcbc03e8535b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+release/001.008
+Tue Sep 17 20:36:21 PDT 2013
+
+eliminated $oracledb
+
+release/000.007
+Tue Sep 17 13:02:15 2013 -0700
+
+added cgarcia5 per Ntirety request
+
 release/000.006
 Wed Sep  4 09:35:43 PDT 2013
 Fix for RAC /var/log/messages group perms, fix for oracleasm service status.
diff --git a/manifests/oracleusers.pp b/manifests/oracleusers.pp
index 55efc0877c41fc036432323881d9028c15e31c88..686f5a4b4d8f1f9b135c964f9b24c74e8f0aed57 100644
--- a/manifests/oracleusers.pp
+++ b/manifests/oracleusers.pp
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ class oracledb::oracleusers {
 
   k5login { '/u01/app/oracle/.k5login':
     purge      => true,
-    principals => $oracledb::ntirety::ntiretyusers,
+    principals => oracledb::ntirety::ntiretyusers,
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/rac.pp b/manifests/rac.pp
index b78b99013c7386ac87aceee4f2d1f1d0b94a5f41..1dd74bd17c589654a40be028ead50545953b0cc0 100644
--- a/manifests/rac.pp
+++ b/manifests/rac.pp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class oracledb::rac::users inherits user::virtual {
   k5login { '/u01/11.2.0/grid/.k5login':
     purge      => true,
     require    => File['/u01/11.2.0/grid'],
-    principals => $oracledb::ntirety::ntiretyusers,
+    principals => oracledb::ntirety::ntiretyusers,
   }
 }
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class oracledb::rac::root inherits user::root::sa-crc-plus-sa-non-crc {
   include oracledb::ntirety
 
   K5login['/root/.k5login'] {
-    principals +> $oracledb::ntirety::ntiretyusers,
+    principals +> oracledb::ntirety::ntiretyusers,
   }
 }