Generating password randomly when user is created

[Deepa Yr]

I am running this task

- name: Create users with auto generated password

  user: name=deepa state=present password="{{ lookup('password', '/tmp/deepapassword.txt chars=ascii_letters') }}"

It is creating the file /tmp/deepapassword.txt and I see the password

But when I try to login as deepa user with that password, it says incorrect password.

Any suggestions here ? 

My requirement is to create a user with random password and use this user credentials in the subsequent tasks. 

[Matt Martz]

The user module expects the password to already be encrypted.  You will also need to pass encrypt=True to the lookup as well.

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[Deepa Yr]

I am trying to login as deepa user from putty session to confirm that password is correct or not. I read in the documentation that password lookup generates password in a text format. So I should be able to login from putty session with that password right.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 6:35:57 PM UTC+5:30, Matt Martz wrote:

The user module expects the password to already be encrypted.  You will also need to pass encrypt=True to the lookup as well.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, Deepa Yr <yr.d...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am running this task

- name: Create users with auto generated password

  user: name=deepa state=present password="{{ lookup('password', '/tmp/deepapassword.txt chars=ascii_letters') }}"

It is creating the file /tmp/deepapassword.txt and I see the password

But when I try to login as deepa user with that password, it says incorrect password.

Any suggestions here ? 

My requirement is to create a user with random password and use this user credentials in the subsequent tasks. 

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[Deepa Yr]

Thanks. Understood what you suggested. It works now.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 6:35:57 PM UTC+5:30, Matt Martz wrote:

The user module expects the password to already be encrypted.  You will also need to pass encrypt=True to the lookup as well.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, Deepa Yr <yr.d...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am running this task

- name: Create users with auto generated password

  user: name=deepa state=present password="{{ lookup('password', '/tmp/deepapassword.txt chars=ascii_letters') }}"

It is creating the file /tmp/deepapassword.txt and I see the password

But when I try to login as deepa user with that password, it says incorrect password.

Any suggestions here ? 

My requirement is to create a user with random password and use this user credentials in the subsequent tasks. 

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