diff --git a/user_services_perms/defaults/main.yml b/user_services_perms/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+service_custom_installation: False
+service_user: sys_admin
+service_group: '{{ sys_user }}'
+service_sudoers_group: adminsu
+
+service_data_directory: /var/lib/foo
+#service_other_directories:
+#  - /var/lib/bar
+
+service_log_directories:
+  - /var/log/foo
+  - /var/log/foo/search  
+
+# Define the following if you want some directories readable and writable by the common group but outside the default app data dirs
+#additional_data_directories:
+#  - { name: '/data/1', perms: 0755, create: True, owner: 'root', group: '{{ sys_group }}', aclperms: 'rwX' }
+#  - { name: '/data/2', create: False, perms: 0755, owner: 'root', group: '{{ sys_group }}', aclperms: 'rwX' }
+#  - { name: '/data/bah', create: False, perms: 0644, aclperms: 'rw' }
+
+# Define the following array when you want to add commands to the sudoers file
+#service_sudo_commands:
+#  - /etc/init.d/virtuoso-opensource-7
+#  - /sbin/reboot
diff --git a/user_services_perms/meta/main.yml b/user_services_perms/meta/main.yml
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+---
+dependencies:
+  - '../../library/roles/users' 
diff --git a/user_services_perms/tasks/common-groups.yml b/user_services_perms/tasks/common-groups.yml
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+---
+- block:
+  - name: Create the service user, if it is not used to run the tomcat instances
+    user: name={{ service_user }} home={{ service_data_directory }} createhome=no shell=/usr/sbin/nologin
+
+  - name: Add the additional service groups
+    group: name={{ item }} state=present
+    with_items:
+      - '{{ service_group }}'
+      - '{{ service_sudoers_group }}'
+    
+  - name: Add selected users to the limited sudoers group
+    user: name={{ item.login }} groups={{ service_sudoers_group }} append=yes
+    with_items: '{{ users_system_users | default([]) }}'
+    when: item.limited_sudoers_user
+
+  - name: Remove selected users to the limited sudoers group
+    user: name={{ item.login }} groups={{ service_sudoers_group }}
+    with_items: '{{ users_system_users | default([]) }}'
+    when: not item.limited_sudoers_user
+
+  when: service_custom_installation
+  tags: [ 'services', 'users' ]
diff --git a/user_services_perms/tasks/common-users-data-dirs.yml b/user_services_perms/tasks/common-users-data-dirs.yml
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+---
+- block:
+  - name: Create the users additional data dirs
+    file: name={{ item.name }} state=directory owner={{ item.owner }} group={{ item.group }} mode={{ item.perms }}
+    with_items: '{{ additional_data_directories | default([]) }}'
+    when: item.create and not item.file
+
+  - name: Set the read/write/access permissions on the users additional data dirs
+    acl: name={{ item.name }} entity={{ service_group }} etype=group permissions={{ item.aclperms | default('rwX') }} state=present recursive=yes
+    with_items: '{{ additional_data_directories | default([])  }}'
+
+  - name: Set the default read/write/access permissions on the users additional data dirs
+    acl: name={{ item.name }} entity={{ service_group }} etype=group permissions={{ item.aclperms | default('rwX') }} state=present default=yes recursive=yes
+    with_items: '{{ additional_data_directories | default([])  }}'
+
+  tags: [ 'users', 'users_acl' ]
diff --git a/user_services_perms/tasks/main.yml b/user_services_perms/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- import_tasks: common-groups.yml
+- import_tasks: sudo-config.yml
+- import_tasks: services-data-dirs.yml
+  when: service_custom_installation
+- import_tasks: common-users-data-dirs.yml
+  when: additional_data_directories is defined
diff --git a/user_services_perms/tasks/services-data-dirs.yml b/user_services_perms/tasks/services-data-dirs.yml
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+++ b/user_services_perms/tasks/services-data-dirs.yml
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+---
+- block:
+  - name: Create the service data dirs
+    file: name={{ item }} state=directory owner={{ service_user }} group={{ service_group }} mode=0750
+    with_items: '{{ service_other_directories }}'
+
+  - name: Set the read/write permissions on the service data dirs
+    acl: name={{ item }} entity={{ service_group }} etype=group permissions=rwX state=present recursive=yes
+    with_items: '{{ service_other_directories | default([]) }}'
+
+  - name: Set the default read/write permissions on the service data dirs
+    acl: name={{ item }} entity={{ service_group }} etype=group permissions=rwX state=present default=yes recursive=yes
+    with_items: '{{ service_other_directories | default([]) }}'
+
+  - name: Set the read permissions on the service log dirs
+    acl: name={{ item }} entity={{ service_group }} etype=group permissions=rX state=present recursive=yes
+    with_items: '{{ service_log_directories }}'
+
+  - name: Set the default read permissions on the service log dirs
+    acl: name={{ item }} entity={{ service_group }} etype=group permissions=rX state=present default=yes recursive=yes
+    with_items: '{{ service_log_directories }}'
+
+  tags: [ 'service', 'users' ]
diff --git a/user_services_perms/tasks/sudo-config.yml b/user_services_perms/tasks/sudo-config.yml
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+---
+- name: Install the sudoers config that allows users to execute some privileged commands
+  template: src=service-sudoers.j2 dest=/etc/sudoers.d/service-group owner=root group=root mode=0440
+  when: service_sudo_commands is defined
+  tags: [ 'service', 'sudo', 'users' ]
+
diff --git a/user_services_perms/templates/service-sudoers.j2 b/user_services_perms/templates/service-sudoers.j2
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+%{{ service_sudoers_group }}  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:   {% for cmd in service_sudo_commands %}{{ cmd }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}
+