Thank you guys, this fixes the first part. But how do I reuse the output of getent, I tried, the following but didn't work
- getent: database: group - debug: var: getent_group.monitor - name: add line to fstab lineinfile: path: /etc/fstab line: proc /proc proc defaults,hidepid=2,gid={{ var }} 0 0 "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'var' is undefined -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/bc51a905-f54b-44da-8a70-6c5645dcbc71o%40googlegroups.com.