jwkenney

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Requires Bash v4+
# Gather Ansible facts for local Linux groups defined in /etc/group
# Place this under /etc/ansible/facts.d/ on your remote hosts,
# and make it executable. Ansible will save group info under the 'ansible_local' fact,
# whenever a playbook gathers facts.

readarray -t the_groups < <(getent group)
let "lastitem = ${#the_groups[@]} - 1"
echo "{"

jwkenney

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Requires Bash v4+
# Gathers Ansible facts for local Linux users from /etc/passwd, and optionally /etc/shadow.
# Place this under /etc/ansible/facts.d/ on your remote hosts,
# and make it executable. Ansible will save user info under the 'ansible_local' fact,
# whenever a playbook gathers facts.

# You can toggle whether to also include password expiration data from /etc/shadow.
# THIS REQUIRES ROOT PRIVILEGES TO WORK, or else empty / '0' results will be returned.
gather_shadow=true