Skip creating the home folder for consul user

[mhumeSF]

Skip creating the home folder for consul user

SUMMARY

System users don't need home directories since they won't be logging in interactively. This change adds create_home: false to the Consul user creation task to prevent unnecessary home directory creation, following best practices for system service accounts.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bugfix Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

consul_user (user creation task)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

System users are created with system: true and are intended to run services rather than support interactive login sessions. Creating a home director is unnecessary.

Before:

• Home directory would be created at /home/{{ consul_user }} by default

After:

• No home directory is created for the Consul system user
• The account remains fully functional for running the Consul service