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Created August 24, 2023 23:37
Setting Samba passwords with Ansible

Scenario: You want to create a user in Linux, and set a Samba password for it, all from Ansible:

Notes:

  • This will not update the Samba password if you change the variable.

To create the encrypted vault string, run: ansible-vault encrypt_string --ask-vault-password 'some_password'

- name: Create OS group