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+---
+- name: Create user 'cody' with sudo permissions
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  vars:
+    user_name: "cody"
+    user_password: "temppass1"
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create user 'cody'
+      user:
+        name: "{{ user_name }}"
+        password: "{{ user_password | password_hash('sha512') }}"
+        shell: /bin/bash
+        createhome: yes
+
+    - name: Add 'cody' to sudo group
+      lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/sudoers
+        line: "{{ user_name }} ALL=(ALL) ALL"
+        validate: 'visudo -cf %s'
+        state: present
+        backup: yes
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