http://ssl.webangel.ie/ 2026-05-28T12:57:47+00:00 http://ssl.webangel.ie/ http://ssl.webangel.ie/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-10-07T09:43:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://ssl.webangel.ie/doku.php?id=linux:ansible:playbooks:new-user&rev=1759830220&do=diff Adding a new user Addusers.yml This playbook takes in a New users name and creates an account for him on all the groups specified Currently it only adds them to the sshusyes group It sets the password as Password123 and its set to expire on first login text/html 2025-10-07T09:43:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://ssl.webangel.ie/doku.php?id=linux:ansible:playbooks:passwdchange&rev=1759830220&do=diff Password Change change-password.yml --- - name: Change passwords hosts: all become: true tasks: - name: Change user password user: name: "{{ username }}" update_password: always password: "{{ newpassword|password_hash('sha512') }}" text/html 2025-10-07T09:43:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://ssl.webangel.ie/doku.php?id=linux:ansible:playbooks:patching&rev=1759830220&do=diff Patching script The process we use is to modify the crontab and then we run the usual patching script patch-crontab.yml You use this playbook by simply ansible-playbook patch-crontab.yml --- - name: change cronjob hosts: all tasks: - name: carry out change lineinfile: path: /etc/crontab regexp: 'yum_update_RHEL.sh' line: '00 23 26 apr * root /scripts/yum_update/yum_update_RHEL.sh'