"msg": "groupdel: cannot remove the primary group of user

[charnet1019]

playbook:

---

- name: user mgr
  hosts: demo
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: users
      users_user_list:
        - name: tim
          state: absent

      users_group_list:
        - name: tim
          state: absent

[robertdebock]

Acknowledged. This is caused by the order of calling the group.yml (first) and users.yml (second).

I'm not sure how to resolve this exact situation. Keeping the issue open for future reference.

A work-around can be to first define the user to delete:

- name: user mgr
  hosts: demo
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: users
      users_user_list:
        - name: tim
          state: absent

Run ansible, and next run, define the group to delete:

- name: user mgr
  hosts: demo
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: users
      users_group_list:
        - name: tim
          state: absent

[robertdebock]

It's going to be ugly to address this issue. I'm closing this as there was no further interest.

Thanks for brining it up though.