---
# Effective user config for this role invocation.
user_config_effective: "{{ user_config | default(lookup('users', user_key, {})) }}"

# Actual system username (can differ from key)
user_username: "{{ user_config_effective.username | default(user_key) }}"

# Primary group (convention: same as username)
user_group: "{{ user_username }}"

# Home directory (root special case)
user_home: "{{ (user_username == 'root') | ternary('/root', '/home/' ~ user_username) }}"