I typically do something like:
- name: Disable the ubuntu user
user:
name: ubuntu
password: "!"
shell: /usr/sbin/nologin
- name: Remove the ubuntu users ssh key
file:
path: /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys
force: yes
state: absent
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 4:11 PM, POOJA VENKATESH <
poojavenkateshre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to disable a user and not remove it completely
>
> ---
> - hosts: target1
> tasks:
> - name: disable the user
> become: yes
> user:
> name: random
> group: sudo
> state: absent
>
>
> When I run this playbook I see that the user is removed. Is there a way I
> can disable the user other than using expire parameter? I just want the
> user to stay but not have any login capabilities.
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