Ansible user home directory issue

[Bala Mutyam]

Hi all,

ansible --version

ansible 2.7.7

I'm not sure if  it's a bug?

I'm creating a system user & group without home directory and --disabled-login but in the /etc/passwd , it's showing as home directory created but it doesn't exist.

Playbook:

- name: Create sonarqube group

  group:

    name: sonarqube

    system: yes

    state: present

- name: Create sonarqube user account

  user:

    name: sonarqube

    group: sonarqube

    create_home: no

    system: yes

    state: present

    password: '!'

cat /etc/passwd

sonarqube:x:998:998::/home/sonarqube:/bin/sh

cat /etc/group

sonarqube:x:998:

cat /etc/shadow

sonarqube:!:18305::::::

ls -l /home/sonarqube

ls: cannot access '/home/sonarqube': No such file or directory

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:55:20AM -0800, Bala Mutyam wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> ansible --version
> ansible 2.7.7
>
>
> I'm not sure if it's a bug?

No, why would you think that?

It doesn't show it as created you ls demonstrate that.

Setting HOME dir in /etc/passwd is default behavior (same as useradd/adduser commands) and
has nothing to do with the directory being created or not.

If you want other value, set the home parameter on the user module.

--
Kai Stian Olstad

[Bala Mutyam]

I thought because of the /home/user in the /etc/passwd.

Ok,thanks for the clarification.