Thank you Kai, you are always helpful
On Friday, March 2, 2018 at 1:39:07 PM UTC-7, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>
> On Friday, 2 March 2018 21.17.16 CET John Harmon wrote:
> > I don't see a way to do this with ansible, but perhaps I am missing
> > something. I have a need to change the uid/gid of users/groups on a
> bunch
> > of servers; however, I don't wish to create the user/group if it is
> > missing, I just want to modify it if it exists. The following creates
> the
> > users/groups. The only state options available are present and absent.
> I
> > need something like, "if present". I could script it, but I am looking
> to
> > stick with the ansible stuff if possible. Any thoughts?
> >
> > - name: Backup /etc/passwd,group files
> > copy:
> > src: "{{ item.src }}"
> > dest: "{{ item.dest }}.{{ ansible_date_time.date }}"
> > with_items:
> > - { src: "/etc/passwd", dest: "/etc/passwd.bak" }
> > - { src: "/etc/group", dest: "/etc/group.bak" }
> >
> > - name: Set group uids/gids
> > group:
> > name: "{{ item.name }}"
> > gid: "{{ item.gid }}"
> > with_items:
> > - { name: "gomgroup", gid: "2000" }
> > - { name: "pyle", gid: "2001" }
> >
> > - name: Set user uids/gids
> > user:
> > name: "{{ item.name }}"
> > uid: "{{ item.uid }}"
> > group: "{{ item.group }}"
> > with_items:
> > - { name: "gomer", uid: "2000", group: "gomgroup" }
> > - { name: "pyle", uid: "2001", group: "pyle" }
>
> Not tested, but something like this should work
>
> - getent:
> database: passwd
> - getent:
> database: group
>
> - name: Set group uids/gids
> group:
> name: "{{ item.name }}"
> gid: "{{ item.gid }}"
> when: getent_group[item.name] is defined
> with_items:
> - { name: "gomgroup", gid: "2000" }
> - { name: "pyle", gid: "2001" }
>
> And for the uid you need to add
> when: getent_passwd[item.name] is defined
>
>
> --
> Kai Stian Olstad
>
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