ANSIBLE USER AND GROUP MGMT

change user password for user Joe (user Fred running the cmd as sudo on the target box)

# 1 install passlib 

pip install passlib

#2 update the pw, using a hash

ansible targethost -s -m user -a "name=joe update_password=always password={{ 'MyNewPassword' | password_hash('sha512') }}" -u fred --ask-sudo-pass

copy public ssh key to remote authorized_keys file

- hosts: targetHost

  tasks:

      - name: update nessus SSH keys

        become_user: root

        become_method: sudo

        become: true

        authorized_key:

           user: nessus

           key: "{{ lookup('pipe','cat ../files/ssh_keys/nessus.pub') }}"

           state: present