Merge pull request #45 from singleplatform-eng/add_user_update_password

add update_password parameter

Author: Colin Hoglund

README.md

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ The following attributes are required for each user:
   uid will be used
 * password - If a hash is provided then that will be used, but otherwise the
   account will be locked
+* update_password - This can be either 'always' or 'on_create'
+  - 'always' will update passwords if they differ. (default)
+  - 'on_create' will only set the password for newly created users.
 * group - optional primary group override
 * groups - a list of supplementary groups for the user.
 * profile - a string block for setting custom shell profiles

tasks/main.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     home: "{{ item.home | default('/home/' + item.username) }}"
     createhome: "{{'yes' if users_create_homedirs else 'no'}}"
     generate_ssh_key: "{{ item.generate_ssh_key | default(omit) }}"
+    update_password: "{{item.update_password | default(omit)}}"
   with_items: "{{users}}"
   tags: ['users','configuration']