How to create a user without .bashrc in Ansible?

Question

I would like to create a user with a clean home directory, but when using the user module, I get by default the files .bashrc, .bash_logout and .profile (these are the defaults in /etc/skel/)

How do I create a user without them?

Relevant part of playbook:

- name: Create user
  become: true
  user:
    name: johndoe
    state: present
    shell: /bin/bash
    system: no
    createhome: yes
    home: /data/johndoe

Answer 1

You have to set skeleton to /dev/null, like this:

- name: Create user
  become: true
  user:
    name: johndoe
    state: present
    shell: /bin/bash
    system: no
    createhome: yes
    home: /data/johndoe
    skeleton: /dev/null      # <- add this line