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README.md

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-# Ansible Role: base_pkgs
+# Ansible Role: aur_builder
 
 ## Introduction
 
-This role will install a selected set of packages as a desired baseline                                                                                                                                      
+This role will set up a user for retrieving, building and installing arch 
-package collection.                                                                                                                                                                                          
+packages from the AUR.
 

tasks/main.yml

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 ###########################################################
 #
-# This role will install a selected set of packages as a desired baseline
+# This role will set up a user for retrieving, building and installing arch 
-# package collection.
+# packages from the AUR.
 # 
 ###########################################################
-# tasks file for base_pkgs
+# tasks file for aur_builder
 
-- debug: msg="Installing desired list of base packages"
+- debug: msg="Setting up aur_builder acount (Arch)"
 
-- name: Installed desired list of base packages (Debian based distros)
+- name: Create the `aur_builder` user
-  apt:
+  ansible.builtin.user:
-    name:
+    name: aur_builder
-      - build-essential
+    create_home: yes
-      - conspy
+    group: wheel
-      - cron
-      - curl
-      - dnsutils
-      - elinks
-      - git
-      - htop
-      - logrotate
-      - multitail
-      - net-tools
-      - pandoc
-      - pylint
-      - python3
-      - python3-pip
-      - rsyslog
-      - sudo
-      - tmux
-      - tree
-      - vim
-      - vim-scripts
-      - wget
-    state: latest
-  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
 
-- name: Installed desired list of base packages (Arch based distros)
+- name: Allow the `aur_builder` user to run `sudo pacman` without a password
-  pacman:
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-    name:
+    path: /etc/sudoers.d/11-install-aur_builder
-      - cronie
+    line: 'aur_builder ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman'
-      - curl
+    create: yes
-      - elinks
+    validate: 'visudo -cf %s'
-      - git
-      - htop
-      - inetutils
-      - multitail
-      - net-tools
-      - python3
-      - tmux
-      - tree
-      - vim
-      - wget
-    state: present
-    force: true
-    update_cache: true
-  when: ansible_os_family == "Archlinux"
 
-# EOF