# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright: (c) 2014, Brian Coca # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) from __future__ import annotations DOCUMENTATION = r''' --- module: getent short_description: A wrapper to the unix getent utility description: - Runs getent against one of its various databases and returns information into the host's facts, in a C(getent_) prefixed variable. version_added: "1.8" options: database: description: - The name of a getent database supported by the target system (passwd, group, hosts, etc). type: str required: True key: description: - Key from which to return values from the specified database, otherwise the full contents are returned. type: str service: description: - Override all databases with the specified service - The underlying system must support the service flag which is not always available. type: str version_added: "2.9" split: description: - Character used to split the database values into lists/arrays such as V(:) or V(\\t), otherwise it will try to pick one depending on the database. type: str fail_key: description: - If a supplied key is missing this will make the task fail if V(true). type: bool default: 'yes' extends_documentation_fragment: - action_common_attributes - action_common_attributes.facts attributes: check_mode: support: full diff_mode: support: none facts: support: full platform: platforms: posix notes: - Not all databases support enumeration, check system documentation for details. author: - Brian Coca (@bcoca) ''' EXAMPLES = ''' - name: Get root user info ansible.builtin.getent: database: passwd key: root - ansible.builtin.debug: var: ansible_facts.getent_passwd - name: Get all groups ansible.builtin.getent: database: group split: ':' - ansible.builtin.debug: var: ansible_facts.getent_group - name: Get all hosts, split by tab ansible.builtin.getent: database: hosts - ansible.builtin.debug: var: ansible_facts.getent_hosts - name: Get http service info, no error if missing ansible.builtin.getent: database: services key: http fail_key: False - ansible.builtin.debug: var: ansible_facts.getent_services - name: Get user password hash (requires sudo/root) ansible.builtin.getent: database: shadow key: www-data split: ':' - ansible.builtin.debug: var: ansible_facts.getent_shadow ''' RETURN = ''' ansible_facts: description: Facts to add to ansible_facts. returned: always type: dict contains: getent_: description: - A list of results or a single result as a list of the fields the db provides - The list elements depend on the database queried, see getent man page for the structure - Starting at 2.11 it now returns multiple duplicate entries, previously it only returned the last one returned: always type: list ''' import traceback from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec=dict( database=dict(type='str', required=True), key=dict(type='str', no_log=False), service=dict(type='str'), split=dict(type='str'), fail_key=dict(type='bool', default=True), ), supports_check_mode=True, ) colon = ['passwd', 'shadow', 'group', 'gshadow'] database = module.params['database'] key = module.params.get('key') split = module.params.get('split') service = module.params.get('service') fail_key = module.params.get('fail_key') getent_bin = module.get_bin_path('getent', True) if key is not None: cmd = [getent_bin, database, key] else: cmd = [getent_bin, database] if service is not None: cmd.extend(['-s', service]) if split is None and database in colon: split = ':' try: rc, out, err = module.run_command(cmd) except Exception as e: module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc()) msg = "Unexpected failure!" dbtree = 'getent_%s' % database results = {dbtree: {}} if rc == 0: seen = {} for line in out.splitlines(): record = line.split(split) if record[0] in seen: # more than one result for same key, ensure we store in a list if seen[record[0]] == 1: results[dbtree][record[0]] = [results[dbtree][record[0]]] results[dbtree][record[0]].append(record[1:]) seen[record[0]] += 1 else: # new key/value, just assign results[dbtree][record[0]] = record[1:] seen[record[0]] = 1 module.exit_json(ansible_facts=results) elif rc == 1: msg = "Missing arguments, or database unknown." elif rc == 2: msg = "One or more supplied key could not be found in the database." if not fail_key: results[dbtree][key] = None module.exit_json(ansible_facts=results, msg=msg) elif rc == 3: msg = "Enumeration not supported on this database." module.fail_json(msg=msg) if __name__ == '__main__': main()