Ansible 0.8 :: Debian Lenny :: useradd :: invalid command syntax

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I try to add a new user on Debian Lenny :

  • name: Create user jbox-admin
    action: user name=jbox-admin home=/data/www-admin/jbox createhome=no shell=/bin/bash
    tags: install_jbox_admin

I get this out :

failed: [176.31.85.177] => {“failed”: true, “item”: “”, “msg”: “Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN\n\nOptions:\n -b, --base-dir BASE_DIR base directory for the new user account\n home directory\n -c, --comment COMMENT set the GECOS field for the new user account\n -d, --home-dir HOME_DIR home directory for the new user account\n -D, --defaults print or save modified default useradd\n configuration\n -e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE set account expiration date to EXPIRE_DATE\n -f, --inactive INACTIVE set password inactive after expiration\n to INACTIVE\n -g, --gid GROUP force use GROUP for the new user account\n -G, --groups GROUPS list of supplementary groups for the new\n user account\n -h, --help display this help message and exit\n -k, --skel SKEL_DIR specify an alternative skel directory\n -K, --key KEY=VALUE overrides /etc/login.defs defaults\n -l, do not add the user to the lastlog and\n faillog databases\n -m, --create-home create home directory for the new user\n account\n -N, --no-user-group do not create a group with the same name as\n the user\n -o, --non-unique allow create user with duplicate\n (non-unique) UID\n -p, --password PASSWORD use encrypted password for the new user\n account\n -r, --system create a system account\n -s, --shell SHELL the login shell for the new user account\n -u, --uid UID force use the UID for the new user account\n -U, --user-group create a group with the same name as the user\n\n”, “name”: “jbox-admin”, “rc”: 2}

I have no error with the same task under Debian Squeeze, and I don’t know if it was working with Lenny before 0.8

Let me know if you need more informations
Thank you and thanks for your work :slight_smile:

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Can you please test this with 0.8 and see if you get the same message?

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This is 0.8 :slight_smile:

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ok, sounds like there's flag/option useradd doesn't have on that version.

You may wish to fork the module if you can't easily make it detect the
older version.

"Debian 5.0.0 was initially released on February 14th, 2009".

Any other Lenny users out there?

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Based on the output provided, looks like it doesn’t support -M (do not create home directory).

sf