$G$-Action on a Ring extends to a Module

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Let $A$ be ring endowed with $G$-action by a group. Take any arbitrary $A$-module $M$.

Is there a canonical way to extend the $G$-action to $M$? I'm not sure how to avoid the problem with well definess if I try to settle the action in naive way via $am \mapsto a^g m$.

The background of my question is Automorphism Group of a Variety acts on Local Sections

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No, there is not. For example, in the case where $M$ is $A$ itself, in order for the action of $G$ on $M$ to deserve the name "canonical", it would need to commute with any automorphism of $M$ as a module. Concretely, that means that every unit of $A$ would have to be fixed by the action of $G$, which certainly is not true in general.