--- - hosts: localhost become: yes become_user: root tasks: - name: Create user user: name: '{{ xhiveframework_user }}' generate_ssh_key: yes - name: Set home folder perms file: path: '{{ user_directory }}' mode: 'o+rx' owner: '{{ xhiveframework_user }}' group: '{{ xhiveframework_user }}' recurse: yes - name: Set /tmp/.bench folder perms file: path: '{{ repo_path }}' owner: '{{ xhiveframework_user }}' group: '{{ xhiveframework_user }}' recurse: yes - name: Change default shell to bash shell: "chsh {{ xhiveframework_user }} -s $(which bash)" ...