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+- name: make users
+  hosts: alma
+  become: yes
+  tasks:
+    - name: make charizard
+      user:
+        name: charizard
+        state: present
+        shell: /bin/bash
+
+    - name: make meowth
+      user:
+        name: meowth
+        state: present
+        shell: /bin/bash
+
+    - name: make snorlax
+      user:
+        name: snorlax
+        state: present
+        shell: /sbin/nologin
+
+    - name: make mew
+      user:
+        name: mew
+        state: present
+        shell: /sbin/nologin
+
+    - name: make picoshare
+      user:
+        name: picoshare
+        state: present
+        shell: /usr/sbin/nologin
+        create_home: false
+        system: true
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