Get user details

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Is there any way to get available users in system or an spcific user details.

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hello,

Yes, you can get available users or user details in system by using ansible playbooks. For this you need to use the command / win_command module.
“The command module takes the command name followed by a list of space-delimited arguments and executes the given command on all selected nodes.”

If you are trying to retrieve user or user details on a linux system, you may use below playbooks:

  1. To get available users in system

  • name: get available users in system
    command: cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd
    register: AvailableUsers

  • debug: msg=“{{ AvailableUsers.stdout }}”

  1. To get a spcific user details.

  • name: get specific user details in system
    command: id username
    register: SpecificUserDetails

  • debug: msg=“{{ SpecificUserDetails.stdout }}”

If you are trying to retrieve user or user details on a windows system, you may use below playbooks:

  1. To get available users in system

  • name: get available users in system
    win_command: net user
    register: AvailableUsers

  • debug: msg=“{{ AvailableUsers.stdout }}”

  1. To get a spcific user details.

  • name: get specific user details in system
    win_command: net user username
    register: SpecificUserDetails

  • debug: msg=“{{ SpecificUserDetails.stdout }}”

Thanks
Soniya