commit 8f7ae07b7922f71da114425daebdda22000e799e
Author: Radar231 <radar231@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 22 23:14:54 2021 -0400

    initial checkin

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Ansible Role: create_user
+
+## Introduction
+
+This role will set up a new user account
+
+NOTE:
+
+The following variables must be specified in the playbook.
+
+* {{ username }}
+* {{ userpw }}
+
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+---
+###########################################################################
+#
+# This role will set up a new user account
+#
+###########################################################################
+#
+# NOTE:
+# the following variables must be specified in the playbook
+#   {{ username }}
+#   {{ userpw }}
+#
+###########################################################################
+# tasks file for create_user
+
+- name: Create a new user named "{{ username }}" 
+  user:
+    name: "{{ username }}"
+    password: "{{ userpw | password_hash('sha512', 'SmrFgsR8') }}"
+    shell: /bin/bash
+
+# EOF