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authorErwin Oegema <blablaechthema@hotmail.com>2020-02-04 18:35:05 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-02-04 12:35:05 -0500
commit3b32f95fb39a0faf810bf3aa6024d704d99c7156 (patch)
tree0650d50175db2205ea83b996231f5fa939d6f158 /lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
parentfe454d27a1aa5386801563ffe8dde44064f84302 (diff)
downloadansible-3b32f95fb39a0faf810bf3aa6024d704d99c7156.tar.gz
user - warn if "append" is set but not "groups" (#65795)
This fixes people unknowingly changing the primary group rather than adding a secondary group. * Add integration test
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
index 6f4b8d0b11..2fada8d0fd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
@@ -511,6 +511,12 @@ class User(object):
else:
self.ssh_file = os.path.join('.ssh', 'id_%s' % self.ssh_type)
+ if self.groups is None and self.append:
+ # Change the argument_spec in 2.14 and remove this warning
+ # required_by={'append': ['groups']}
+ module.warn("'append' is set, but no 'groups' are specified. Use 'groups' for appending new groups."
+ "This will change to an error in Ansible 2.14.")
+
def check_password_encrypted(self):
# Darwin needs cleartext password, so skip validation
if self.module.params['password'] and self.platform != 'Darwin':