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authorBrian Coca <bcoca@users.noreply.github.com>2018-04-05 14:13:22 -0400
committerSam Doran <sdoran@redhat.com>2018-04-05 14:13:22 -0400
commitf630d420c610482ac3c1fa8b67e963546bb31400 (patch)
treef8a74c226e32d7d8bc3254d8839555689cb7137d
parent5ad13d66aae1b3c2198e9e17dadc25910cbfdee2 (diff)
downloadansible-f630d420c610482ac3c1fa8b67e963546bb31400.tar.gz
clarify os x password with user module (#38344)
also removed pointer to non existing example fixes #36427
-rw-r--r--lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py8
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
index f1b023ab3e..708850c08d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
@@ -79,12 +79,10 @@ options:
version_added: "2.0"
password:
description:
- - Optionally set the user's password to this crypted value. See
- the user example in the github examples directory for what this looks
- like in a playbook. See U(http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/faq.html#how-do-i-generate-crypted-passwords-for-the-user-module)
+ - Optionally set the user's password to this crypted value.
+ - On Darwin/OS X systems, this value has to be cleartext. Beware of security issues.
+ - See U(http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/faq.html#how-do-i-generate-crypted-passwords-for-the-user-module)
for details on various ways to generate these password values.
- Note on Darwin system, this value has to be cleartext.
- Beware of security issues.
state:
description:
- Whether the account should exist or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated.