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I'm attempting to develop an Ansible playbook that uses the getent module to help manage various user accounts. I would like to be able to access the various values like UID, GID, password, etc. (what I think is a Python dictionary -- but am not sure that is accurate).



How do I read/access if a password is lockecd (e.g. ! or !!)?

How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account:
ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin
into a variable to be used for the next task?



Here is current playbook task so far. Can this be done if a playbook?




- name: "getent variables"
getent:
database: passwd
key: ntp #root #uid
split: ':'
#fail_key:
# register: getent_passwd
- debug:
var: getent_passwd









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    I'm attempting to develop an Ansible playbook that uses the getent module to help manage various user accounts. I would like to be able to access the various values like UID, GID, password, etc. (what I think is a Python dictionary -- but am not sure that is accurate).



    How do I read/access if a password is lockecd (e.g. ! or !!)?

    How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account:
    ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin
    into a variable to be used for the next task?



    Here is current playbook task so far. Can this be done if a playbook?




    - name: "getent variables"
    getent:
    database: passwd
    key: ntp #root #uid
    split: ':'
    #fail_key:
    # register: getent_passwd
    - debug:
    var: getent_passwd









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      I'm attempting to develop an Ansible playbook that uses the getent module to help manage various user accounts. I would like to be able to access the various values like UID, GID, password, etc. (what I think is a Python dictionary -- but am not sure that is accurate).



      How do I read/access if a password is lockecd (e.g. ! or !!)?

      How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account:
      ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin
      into a variable to be used for the next task?



      Here is current playbook task so far. Can this be done if a playbook?




      - name: "getent variables"
      getent:
      database: passwd
      key: ntp #root #uid
      split: ':'
      #fail_key:
      # register: getent_passwd
      - debug:
      var: getent_passwd









      share|improve this question
















      I'm attempting to develop an Ansible playbook that uses the getent module to help manage various user accounts. I would like to be able to access the various values like UID, GID, password, etc. (what I think is a Python dictionary -- but am not sure that is accurate).



      How do I read/access if a password is lockecd (e.g. ! or !!)?

      How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account:
      ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin
      into a variable to be used for the next task?



      Here is current playbook task so far. Can this be done if a playbook?




      - name: "getent variables"
      getent:
      database: passwd
      key: ntp #root #uid
      split: ':'
      #fail_key:
      # register: getent_passwd
      - debug:
      var: getent_passwd






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          Getent results will normally be added as facts to the hosts facts.



          Keep in mind that the information about gid/uid/etc are in a separate database from information about passwords.



          # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=passwd key=root'
          localhost | SUCCESS =>
          "ansible_facts":
          "getent_passwd":
          "root": [
          "x",
          "0",
          "0",
          "root",
          "/root",
          "/bin/bash"
          ]

          ,
          "changed": false


          # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=shadow key=root'
          localhost | SUCCESS =>
          "ansible_facts":
          "getent_shadow":
          "root": [
          "*",
          "17939",
          "0",
          "99999",
          "7",
          "",
          "",
          ""
          ]

          ,
          "changed": false




          How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account: ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin into a variable to be used for the next task?




          It isn't that easy.



          - name: "getent variables"
          getent:
          database: passwd
          key: ntp

          - name: show the UID
          debug:
          var: getent_passwd['ntp'][1]

          - name: show the GID
          debug:
          var: getent_passwd['ntp'][2]

          - name: "getent variables"
          getent:
          database: passwd
          key: ntp

          - name: show the password hash
          debug:
          var: getent_shadow['ntp'][0]





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            Getent results will normally be added as facts to the hosts facts.



            Keep in mind that the information about gid/uid/etc are in a separate database from information about passwords.



            # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=passwd key=root'
            localhost | SUCCESS =>
            "ansible_facts":
            "getent_passwd":
            "root": [
            "x",
            "0",
            "0",
            "root",
            "/root",
            "/bin/bash"
            ]

            ,
            "changed": false


            # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=shadow key=root'
            localhost | SUCCESS =>
            "ansible_facts":
            "getent_shadow":
            "root": [
            "*",
            "17939",
            "0",
            "99999",
            "7",
            "",
            "",
            ""
            ]

            ,
            "changed": false




            How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account: ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin into a variable to be used for the next task?




            It isn't that easy.



            - name: "getent variables"
            getent:
            database: passwd
            key: ntp

            - name: show the UID
            debug:
            var: getent_passwd['ntp'][1]

            - name: show the GID
            debug:
            var: getent_passwd['ntp'][2]

            - name: "getent variables"
            getent:
            database: passwd
            key: ntp

            - name: show the password hash
            debug:
            var: getent_shadow['ntp'][0]





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              Getent results will normally be added as facts to the hosts facts.



              Keep in mind that the information about gid/uid/etc are in a separate database from information about passwords.



              # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=passwd key=root'
              localhost | SUCCESS =>
              "ansible_facts":
              "getent_passwd":
              "root": [
              "x",
              "0",
              "0",
              "root",
              "/root",
              "/bin/bash"
              ]

              ,
              "changed": false


              # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=shadow key=root'
              localhost | SUCCESS =>
              "ansible_facts":
              "getent_shadow":
              "root": [
              "*",
              "17939",
              "0",
              "99999",
              "7",
              "",
              "",
              ""
              ]

              ,
              "changed": false




              How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account: ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin into a variable to be used for the next task?




              It isn't that easy.



              - name: "getent variables"
              getent:
              database: passwd
              key: ntp

              - name: show the UID
              debug:
              var: getent_passwd['ntp'][1]

              - name: show the GID
              debug:
              var: getent_passwd['ntp'][2]

              - name: "getent variables"
              getent:
              database: passwd
              key: ntp

              - name: show the password hash
              debug:
              var: getent_shadow['ntp'][0]





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                Getent results will normally be added as facts to the hosts facts.



                Keep in mind that the information about gid/uid/etc are in a separate database from information about passwords.



                # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=passwd key=root'
                localhost | SUCCESS =>
                "ansible_facts":
                "getent_passwd":
                "root": [
                "x",
                "0",
                "0",
                "root",
                "/root",
                "/bin/bash"
                ]

                ,
                "changed": false


                # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=shadow key=root'
                localhost | SUCCESS =>
                "ansible_facts":
                "getent_shadow":
                "root": [
                "*",
                "17939",
                "0",
                "99999",
                "7",
                "",
                "",
                ""
                ]

                ,
                "changed": false




                How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account: ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin into a variable to be used for the next task?




                It isn't that easy.



                - name: "getent variables"
                getent:
                database: passwd
                key: ntp

                - name: show the UID
                debug:
                var: getent_passwd['ntp'][1]

                - name: show the GID
                debug:
                var: getent_passwd['ntp'][2]

                - name: "getent variables"
                getent:
                database: passwd
                key: ntp

                - name: show the password hash
                debug:
                var: getent_shadow['ntp'][0]





                share|improve this answer













                Getent results will normally be added as facts to the hosts facts.



                Keep in mind that the information about gid/uid/etc are in a separate database from information about passwords.



                # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=passwd key=root'
                localhost | SUCCESS =>
                "ansible_facts":
                "getent_passwd":
                "root": [
                "x",
                "0",
                "0",
                "root",
                "/root",
                "/bin/bash"
                ]

                ,
                "changed": false


                # ansible localhost -m getent -a 'database=shadow key=root'
                localhost | SUCCESS =>
                "ansible_facts":
                "getent_shadow":
                "root": [
                "*",
                "17939",
                "0",
                "99999",
                "7",
                "",
                "",
                ""
                ]

                ,
                "changed": false




                How do I read/access the UID or GID for say this account: ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin into a variable to be used for the next task?




                It isn't that easy.



                - name: "getent variables"
                getent:
                database: passwd
                key: ntp

                - name: show the UID
                debug:
                var: getent_passwd['ntp'][1]

                - name: show the GID
                debug:
                var: getent_passwd['ntp'][2]

                - name: "getent variables"
                getent:
                database: passwd
                key: ntp

                - name: show the password hash
                debug:
                var: getent_shadow['ntp'][0]






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