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udm_user - Manage posix users on a univention corporate server
New in version 2.2.
Synopsis
- This module allows to manage posix users on a univention corporate server (UCS). It uses the python API of the UCS to create a new object or edit it.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Python >= 2.6
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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birthday |
Birthday
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city |
City of users business address.
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country |
Country of users business address.
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department_number |
Department number of users business address.
aliases: departmentNumber |
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description |
Description (not gecos)
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display_name |
Display name (not gecos)
aliases: displayName |
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Default:
[]
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A list of e-mail addresses.
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employee_number |
Employee number
aliases: employeeNumber |
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employee_type |
Employee type
aliases: employeeType |
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firstname |
First name. Required if state=present .
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gecos |
GECOS
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groups | Default:
[]
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POSIX groups, the LDAP DNs of the groups will be found with the LDAP filter for each group as $GROUP: (&(objectClass=posixGroup (cn=$GROUP))).
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home_share |
Home NFS share. Must be a LDAP DN, e.g.
cn=home,cn=shares,ou=school,dc=example,dc=com .
aliases: homeShare |
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home_share_path |
Path to home NFS share, inside the homeShare.
aliases: homeSharePath |
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home_telephone_number | Default:
[]
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List of private telephone numbers.
aliases: homeTelephoneNumber |
homedrive |
Windows home drive, e.g. "H:" .
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lastname |
Last name. Required if state=present .
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mail_alternative_address | Default:
[]
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List of alternative e-mail addresses.
aliases: mailAlternativeAddress |
mail_home_server |
FQDN of mail server
aliases: mailHomeServer |
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mail_primary_address |
Primary e-mail address
aliases: mailPrimaryAddress |
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mobile_telephone_number | Default:
[]
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Mobile phone number
aliases: mobileTelephoneNumber |
organisation |
Organisation
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ou | Default:
""
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Organizational Unit inside the LDAP Base DN, e.g. school for LDAP OU ou=school,dc=example,dc=com .
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override_pw_history
bool
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Override password history
aliases: overridePWHistory |
override_pw_length
bool
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Override password check
aliases: overridePWLength |
pager_telephonenumber | Default:
[]
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List of pager telephone numbers.
aliases: pagerTelephonenumber |
password |
Password. Required if state=present .
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phone |
List of telephone numbers.
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position | Default:
""
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Define the whole position of users object inside the LDAP tree, e.g. cn=employee,cn=users,ou=school,dc=example,dc=com .
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postcode |
Postal code of users business address.
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primary_group | Default:
"cn=Domain Users,cn=groups,$LDAP_BASE_DN"
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Primary group. This must be the group LDAP DN.
aliases: primaryGroup |
profilepath |
Windows profile directory
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pwd_change_next_login |
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Change password on next login.
aliases: pwdChangeNextLogin |
room_number |
Room number of users business address.
aliases: roomNumber |
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samba_privileges |
Samba privilege, like allow printer administration, do domain join.
aliases: sambaPrivileges |
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samba_user_workstations |
Allow the authentication only on this Microsoft Windows host.
aliases: sambaUserWorkstations |
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sambahome |
Windows home path, e.g. '\\$FQDN\$USERNAME' .
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scriptpath |
Windows logon script.
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secretary | Default:
[]
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A list of superiors as LDAP DNs.
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serviceprovider | Default:
[]
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Enable user for the following service providers.
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shell | Default:
"/bin/bash"
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Login shell
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state |
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Whether the user is present or not.
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street |
Street of users business address.
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subpath | Default:
"cn=users"
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LDAP subpath inside the organizational unit, e.g. cn=teachers,cn=users for LDAP container cn=teachers,cn=users,dc=example,dc=com .
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title |
Title, e.g. Prof. .
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unixhome | Default:
"/home/$USERNAME"
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Unix home directory
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update_password
(added in 2.3)
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Default:
"always"
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always will update passwords if they differ. on_create will only set the password for newly created users.
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userexpiry | Default:
"Today + 1 year"
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Account expiry date, e.g. 1999-12-31 .
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username
required
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User name
aliases: name |
Examples
# Create a user on a UCS
- udm_user:
name: FooBar
password: secure_password
firstname: Foo
lastname: Bar
# Create a user with the DN
# C(uid=foo,cn=teachers,cn=users,ou=school,dc=school,dc=example,dc=com)
- udm_user:
name: foo
password: secure_password
firstname: Foo
lastname: Bar
ou: school
subpath: 'cn=teachers,cn=users'
# or define the position
- udm_user:
name: foo
password: secure_password
firstname: Foo
lastname: Bar
position: 'cn=teachers,cn=users,ou=school,dc=school,dc=example,dc=com'
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Tobias Rueetschi (@2-B)
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