README.md

Ansible Role: manage-users 1.0

This role is able to add/del users/groups, using booleans to activate/deactivate functions.

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 2.2 or higher, and platform requirements are listed in the metadata file.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values:

Activate/deactivate functions

loadlist: false
addgroup: false
adduser: false
nonexpiring: false
delgroup: false
deluser: false
showlists: false

Users Parameters - Add users

password: "{{item.key }}"	 	|| "{{ item.value.pwd }}"
shell: 	  "{{ item.value.shell }}"	
chg_pwd:  "Force-chg-pwd"		|| "Force-chg-pwd-Non-expiring" || "Do-not-chg-pwd-Non-expiring"
update_pwd: "on_create" 		|| "always"
non_unique: no				|| yes
createhome: yes				|| no

Dependencies

There is no dependencies with other roles.

Modules

Added module "chage", created by @lqueryvg.

Examples Playbook

1. Add groups from a list in a file, and users from a list in the playbook file.
2. Delete users from a list in a file, and groups from a list in the playbook file.

License

GPLv3