Fix undefined ansible_ssh_user

[davidkuridza]

When ansible_ssh_user is not configured, task "Create users" fails with
message "'ansible_ssh_user' is undefined". To avoid it, a simple
fallback to the $USER environment variable is made.

[mattwillsher]

This is a bit of a sticky issue - really the call wants to know the remote user that's being used for the Ansible call. If I'm understanding correctly, this call will lookup the user on the client.

[davidkuridza]

Correct. I'm new to Ansible and after some googling, this was the proposed solution. I have no problems changing the code if needed, can you point me in the right direction?

[mattwillsher]

I don't know the best approach. I looked at this a while ago and came up
blank. Perhaps something that checks the remote env vars for the user name
of the incoming user and registers it as a fact?

On 24 August 2016 at 17:37:33, David Kuridža ([email protected])
wrote:

Correct. I'm new to Ansible and after some googling, this was the proposed
solution. I have no problems changing the code if needed, can you point me
in the right direction?

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[davidkuridza]

I've taken a second to think about this from a different perspective. Is it necessary to have item.name == ansible_ssh_user there as a condition at all? Isn't a check for item.state == 'absent' enough?

[mattwillsher]

It's their to stop an attempt to remove the user ansible is logged in as.
Removing the Ansible login user fails because the underlying system stop
removal of active users. ansible_ssh_user (or ansible_user as it's known in
recent Ansible versions) used to contain the user name or the remote end
but no longer does so reliably.

On 25 August 2016 at 12:48:29, David Kuridža ([email protected])
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I've taken a second to think about this from a different perspective. Is
it necessary to have item.name == ansible_ssh_user there as a condition
at all? Isn't a check for item.state == 'absent' enough?

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