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.
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