thanks for ur advice, i have aix and linux, i wrote the playbook based on ur
reply, it works , but i think it's too long, is there a better way to rewrite
this ?
---
- name: test
hosts: all
gather_facts: true
tasks:
- name: Get information about the user for linux
getent:
key=foo
database=passwd
fail_key=false
register: user_info_linux
when: ansible_system == 'Linux'
- debug: var=user_info_linux
- name: Get information about the user for aix
command: "lsuser foo"
ignore_errors: yes
register: user_info_aix
when: ansible_system == 'AIX'
- debug: var=user_info_aix
- name: change pwd for linux
command: uname -a
when: ansible_system == 'Linux' and
user_info_linux.ansible_facts.getent_passwd.foo != None
- name: change pwd for aix
command: uname -a
when: ansible_system == 'AIX' and user_info_aix.stdout != ""
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From: Kai Stian Olstad
Date: 2016-09-30 19:53
To: ansible-project
Subject: Re: [ansible-project] Re: Re: ansible user module change passwd
On 30.09.2016 11:50, [email protected] wrote:
> i tried, the playbook still creates the user if user not exists on
> the remote hosts ;
You'll need to add a test to check if the user exist and use a when on
the update password task.
> ---
> - hosts: localhost
> remote_user: root
> become: yes
> gather_facts: yes
> vars:
> user_name: youruser
>
> vars_prompt:
> - name: "new_password"
> prompt: "Enter New Password"
> private: yes
> encrypt: "md5_crypt"
> confirm: yes
> salt_size: 7
>
> tasks:
> - name: Change password of existing user
> user: name={{user_name}} update_password=always
> password={{new_password}}
>
tasks:
- name: Get information about the user
getent:
key={{user_name}}
database=passwd
fail_key=false
- name: Change password of existing user
user:
name={{user_name}}
update_password=always
password={{new_password}}
when: getent_passwd[user_name] != None
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