diff --git a/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-pam/locking_out_password_attempts/accounts_passwords_pam_tally2_deny_root/ansible/shared.yml b/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-pam/locking_out_password_attempts/accounts_passwords_pam_tally2_deny_root/ansible/shared.yml
index 0c2977f9e9e..c1c609abb1b 100644
--- a/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-pam/locking_out_password_attempts/accounts_passwords_pam_tally2_deny_root/ansible/shared.yml
+++ b/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-pam/locking_out_password_attempts/accounts_passwords_pam_tally2_deny_root/ansible/shared.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 {{{ ansible_ensure_pam_module_option('/etc/pam.d/login', 'auth', 'required', 'pam_tally2.so', 'deny', "{{ var_password_pam_tally2 }}", '') }}}
 {{{ ansible_ensure_pam_module_option('/etc/pam.d/login', 'auth', 'required', 'pam_tally2.so', 'even_deny_root', '', '') }}}
-{{{ ansible_ensure_pam_module_option('/etc/pam.d/common-account', 'account', 'required', 'pam_tally2.so', '', '', '') }}}
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+{{{ ansible_ensure_pam_module_option('/etc/pam.d/common-account', 'account', 'required', 'pam_tally2.so', '', '', '') }}}
diff --git a/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-restrictions/account_expiration/ensure_shadow_group_empty/ansible/shared.yml b/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-restrictions/account_expiration/ensure_shadow_group_empty/ansible/shared.yml
index 09409646424..d18e83ee41c 100644
--- a/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-restrictions/account_expiration/ensure_shadow_group_empty/ansible/shared.yml
+++ b/linux_os/guide/system/accounts/accounts-restrictions/account_expiration/ensure_shadow_group_empty/ansible/shared.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # platform = multi_platform_all
 
 - name: Ensure interactive local users are the owners of their respective initialization files
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: sed -ri 's/(^shadow:[^:]*:[^:]*:)([^:]+$)/\1/' /etc/group
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+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/group
+    backrefs: yes
+    regexp: '(^shadow:[^:]*:[^:]*:)([^:]+$)'
+    line: '\1'