- removed backup files

- add .gitignore

- journal entries on slack packages

- add two new ansible playbooks on create/update users

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+#
+# https://www.howtouselinux.com/post/create-user-with-ansible
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/user_module.html
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_variables.html
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/openssh_keypair_module.html
+# https://www.codesandnotes.be/2020/01/13/generate-ssh-keys-using-ansible/
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/posix/authorized_key_module.html
+#
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/file_module.html
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/find_module.html
+#
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4411457/how-do-i-verify-check-test-validate-my-ssh-passphrase
+#
+# - an issue i found while trying to update a user's ssh key
+#   - although the docs state that this can be done...it did not work for me !
+#   - the only thing that worked was to remove previous keys and then add new ones
+#
+#
+---
+- name: "13.1 -- custom ansible - create/update user with a prompt"
+  hosts: dev
+  become: yes  # Run tasks with root/sudo privileges
+  vars:
+    username: testuser1
+
+  vars_prompt:
+    - name: "passphrase"
+      prompt: "enter the passphrase for the ssh key"
+
+  tasks:
+#    - name: backup users ssh keys
+#      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+#        sudo mv /home/{{ username }}/.ssh/id_ed25519 /home/{{ username }}/.ssh/id_ed25519_BAK 
+#             mv /home/{{ username }}/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub /home/{{ username }}/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub_BAK 
+#        exit 0
+#      tags: ['backup_ssh_files']
+
+    - name: find files to delete w/ wildcard
+      ansible.builtin.find:
+        path: /home/{{ username }}/.ssh
+        patterns: 'id_ed25519*'
+      register: ssh_keys      
+
+    - name: remove users ssh keys
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ item.path  }}"
+        state: absent
+      with_items: "{{ ssh_keys.files }}"
+      tags: ['remove_ssh_files']
+
+    - name: update user
+      ansible.builtin.user:
+        name: "{{ username }}"
+        state: present                                         # ensure the user is present
+        generate_ssh_key: true
+        force: true
+        ssh_key_type: ed25519
+        ssh_key_passphrase: "{{ passphrase }}"
+        ssh_key_file: .ssh/id_ed25519
+      tags: ['update_user']
+
+#
+# received the following when running this playbook:
+#
+#   TASK [create user] *************************************************
+#  
+#   [DEPRECATION WARNING]: Encryption using the Python crypt module is
+#   deprecated. The Python crypt module is deprecated and will be removed
+#   from Python 3.13. Install the passlib library for continued encryption
+#   functionality. This feature will be removed in version
+#   2.17. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting
+#   deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
+#