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+---
+# users tasks/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: include OS-specific vars
+  include_vars: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+
+- name: include OS-specific tasks
+  include_tasks: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+
+- name: Create user accounts
+  user:
+    name: "{{ item.username }}"
+    comment: "{{ item.fullname | default(item.username) }}"
+    password: "{{ item[users_os_pw_type] }}"
+    home: "{{ item.homedir | default(omit) }}"
+    system: "{{ item.system | default(false) }}"
+  with_items: "{{ userlist }}"
+
+- name: Add user to sudo-capable group if they're a sudoer
+  when: "'sudoer' in item and item.sudoer"
+  user:
+    name: "{{ item.username }}"
+    groups: "{{ users_os_sudoers_group }}"
+    append: true
+  with_items: "{{ userlist }}"
+
+- name: Add user to any extra_groups
+  when: "'extra_groups' in item and item.extra_groups"
+  user:
+    name: "{{ item.username }}"
+    groups: "{{ item.extra_groups }}"
+    append: true
+  with_items: "{{ userlist }}"
+
+- name: Add ssh key to user account, removing all others
+  when: "item.ssh_key | default(true)"
+  authorized_key:
+    user: "{{ item.username }}"
+    key: "{{ lookup('file', item.username ~ '.pub') }}"
+    exclusive: true
+  with_items: "{{ userlist }}"