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group

Manage the system groups

Overview

  • This module ensures a particular group is present on, or absent from, the remote machine.

Form

(group command options)

Arguments

command

The state the group should be in. Should be one of :present or :absent.

:present

Ensures the named group is present and has the specified settings

:absent

Ensures the named group is absent

options

A hashmap of options. All available option keys and their values are described below

Options

OptionDescription
:name
required true
type string

    The name of the group

:gid
type integer

    The group id number of the named group

:password
type string

    A global password for the group.

Examples