I am trying to disable a user and give no login access to the user.

[POOJA VENKATESH]

I am trying to disable a user and not remove it completely

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- 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.

[Matt Martz]

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

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[Brian Coca]

Or you can just expire the user :


- user:
name: thatguy
expires: "{{lookup('pipe', 'date +%s')}}"





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[POOJA VENKATESH]

Thanks :) It works!

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[POOJA VENKATESH]

Thanks. It works :)

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