I am trying to disable a user and give no login access to the user.

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I am trying to disable a user and not remove it completely

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I typically do something like:

  • name: Disable the ubuntu user
    user:
    name: ubuntu
    password: “!”
    shell: /usr/sbin/nologin

  • name: Remove the ubuntu users ssh key
    file:
    path: /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys
    force: yes
    state: absent

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Or you can just expire the user :

- user:
     name: thatguy
     expires: "{{lookup('pipe', 'date +%s')}}"

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Thanks :slight_smile: It works!

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Thanks. It works :slight_smile: