community.windows.win_auto_logon_module.rst

community.windows.win_auto_logon

Adds or Sets auto logon registry keys.

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status

Synopsis

• Used to apply auto logon registry setting.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
logon_count integer		The number of times to do an automatic logon. This count is deremented by Windows everytime an automatic logon is performed. Once the count reaches 0 then the automatic logon process is disabled.
password string		Password to be used for automatic login. Must be set when state=present. Value of this input will be used as password for username. While this value is encrypted by LSA it is decryptable to any user who is an Administrator on the remote host.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Whether the registry key should be present or absent.
username string		Username to login automatically. Must be set when state=present. This can be the Netlogon or UPN of a domain account and is automatically parsed to the DefaultUserName and DefaultDomainName registry properties.

Examples

- name: Set autologon for user1
  community.windows.win_auto_logon:
    username: User1
    password: str0ngp@ssword

- name: Set autologon for abc.com\user1
  community.windows.win_auto_logon:
    username: abc.com\User1
    password: str0ngp@ssword

- name: Remove autologon for user1
  community.windows.win_auto_logon:
    state: absent

- name: Set autologon for user1 with a limited logon count
  community.windows.win_auto_logon:
    username: User1
    password: str0ngp@ssword
    logon_count: 5

Status

Authors

• Prasoon Karunan V (@prasoonkarunan)