ansible-role-users/tasks/linger.yml

---

- name: check if systemd lingering is enabled
  stat:
    path: /var/lib/systemd/linger/{{item}}
  register: _users_systemd_linger_stat
  with_items: "{{ users.keys() }}"

- name: set systemd lingering
  command:
    loginctl
    {{ users[item].linger | ternary('enable','disable') }}-linger
    {{item}}
  with_items: "{{ users.keys() }}"
  when:
    - users[item].linger is defined
    - (
        _users_systemd_linger_stat.results
        | json_query("[?item=='"+item+"'].stat.exists") | first
      ) != users[item].linger