Users

Ansible role to create/configure users on Linux/FreeBSD

Variables

user_groups
name	name of the group
gid	group ID
state	whether the group shoud be created or removed
users

Default variables

The default shells depending on the OS are:

• Linux: /bin/bash
• FreeBSD: /bin/cshrc

This is defined in the defaults section of the users roles

Example Playbook

user_groups:
  - name: mygroup
    gid: 700
    

users:
  - name: remember
    state: present
    password: "blabla"
    groups:
      - mygroup
    uid: 1100
    keys:
      - file: key1
        state: present
    shell_lines:
      - line: "export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$HOME/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh"
        state: present
      - line: "alias ls='ls lah'"
        state: present
  - name: test
    keys:
      - file: key2
        state: absent
    shell_lines:
      - line: "export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$HOME/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh"
        state: absent

Using the Role

Adding user

Configure users' shell

https://github.com/stationgroup/ansible-experiments/issues/9