Question:
I am trying to remove the below section from samba config file smb.conf.
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[public] path = /opt/samba/public guest ok = yes browsable = yes writable = yes read only = no |
Blockinfile module won’t work as there are no markers . Lineinfile will also have a problem as there are lines which are common to other sections. e.g
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browsable = yes writable = yes |
How do I remove these lines using ansible?
PS: replacing the config file with a new one is not possible as each server has a unique user mapped to it (not ideal when running batch jobs)
Answer:
You can use replace module:
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- replace: path: /etc/smb.conf regexp: '^\[public\][^[]+' replace: '' backup: yes |
This should remove everything between [public] and [ or EOF.