Updates to many roles, including main user role to allow setting an alternate home directory

user/tasks/create.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
     user_groups: [root]
   when: user == 'root'
 
+# Home directory, use /home/username if undefined
+# - set_fact:
+#     home: "/home/{{ user }}"
+#   when: (home is undefined or home == "")
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - include_tasks: debug.yml
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@
     user_groups: ""
     add_groups: ""
     ssh_info: ""
+    home: ""
     add_sudo: no
     create: yes
     ssh_keys: no

user/tasks/debian.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
+- name: Check if ~/.bashrc exists
+  stat:
+    path: '{{ "~" + user | expanduser }}/.bashrc'
+  register: bashrc
+
 # Comment out ~/.bashrc HIST stuff
 # So it obeys /etc/profile.d/bash_history.sh instead
 - name: Commenting out ~/.bashrc HIST stuff
@@ -6,14 +11,21 @@
     path: '{{ "~" + user | expanduser }}/.bashrc'
     regexp: '^HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth'
     line: '# HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth'
-- lineinfile:
+  when: bashrc.stat.exists == true
+
+- name: Commenting out ~/.bashrc HIST stuff
+  lineinfile:
     path: '{{ "~" + user | expanduser }}/.bashrc'
     regexp: '^HISTSIZE=1000'
     line: '# HISTSIZE=1000'
-- lineinfile:
+  when: bashrc.stat.exists == true
+
+- name: Commenting out ~/.bashrc HIST stuff
+  lineinfile:
     path: '{{ "~" + user | expanduser }}/.bashrc'
     regexp: '^HISTFILESIZE=2000'
     line: '# HISTFILESIZE=2000'
+  when: bashrc.stat.exists == true
 
 # Debian has these by default in ~/.bashrc
 #HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth

user/tasks/debug.yml

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
       - "ID: {{ users[user]['id'] }}"
       - "GID: {{ users[user]['gid'] }}"
       - "Groups: {{ user_groups }}"
+      - "Home: {{ home }}"
       #- "Password: {{ users[user]['password'] }}"

user/tasks/user.yml

@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
     groups: '{{ user_groups }}'
     password: "{{ users[user]['password'] }}"
     update_password: always
+    home: "{{ home }}"
     create_home: "{{ create_home | default('yes') }}"
     shell: "{{ shell | default('/bin/bash') }}"