Thanks Andrew, I have read these two pages which is where I got my sample code from in the first place. My focus is on the password hash and getting it delivered.
I am guessing I should use a vault file and have a variable reference it. I can do it that way right? On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 9:05:10 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/faq.html#how-do-i-generate-encrypted-passwords-for-the-user-module > > as noted from > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/user_module.html > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 6:30 PM Warron French <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am very new to writing ansible syntax, and am working on writing my >> first playbook. >> >> I want to set a password that I control for a *user *named *admin2* but >> I cannot find a solid good example for creating the user and setting the >> password on a RHEL-variant (ALMA Linux): >> >> - name: Add the user admin2 >> ansible.builtin.user: >> name: admin2 >> *comment:* "Second admin account" >> shell: /bin/bash >> groups: users,wheel >> append: yes >> >> What can I do in a simple ansible play that enables me to set a password >> value? >> I have seen a few different examples, but I don't know what to trust. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3639d1fa-52eb-4dc7-bd40-9c2f87cd22fcn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3639d1fa-52eb-4dc7-bd40-9c2f87cd22fcn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > - Andrew "lathama" Latham - > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c64572d7-39c1-4930-93e0-0cf1465eee8en%40googlegroups.com.
