EX294: modules to manage users and groups

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$ ansible-doc user

$ ansible-doc group

1 user - Manage user accounts

• "name" is the only key to identify a user
• this module returns the properties of the named user.
• with "non-unique", multi-users can share the same uid.

EXAMPLE:

- name: set user01's password

  user:

    name: user01

    password: "{{ 'pass123' | password_hash('sha512', 65535|random(seed=inventory_hostname)|string) }}"

2 group - Add or remove groups

• "name" is the only key to identify a group
• this module returns the properties of the named group.
• "with non-unique", multi-groups can share the same gid.