It appears from that output that your userB is failing to login at all to that system, so it's never getting to the su step (which occurs after login). I would check your /var/log/secure or /var/log/auth.log (depending on your distro) to see what the error may be.
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Humberto Camacho <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have been searching a couple of days off and on. > > I am using ansible 1.7 and in the process of creating a playbook to check > the kernel version and if it is lower than X check if python-simplejson is > installed. If it is not then install the package. > > Below is a sample of my simple playbook. > > > --- > - hosts: test > > gather_facts: false > > tasks: > - name: Querying Kernel Version > raw: uname -r > register: kernel_version > ignore_errors: True > > > #- name: Check/Install if python-simplejson is installed (Old Kernels) > - raw: yum -qy install python-simplejson > #raw: rpm -q python-simplejson > when: kernel_version.stdout.find("2.6.18") != -1 > register: rpm_check > ignore_errors: True > > > > > Sample of my host file. > > [test] > ClientA ansible_ssh_port=2209 ansible_ssh_host=192.168.1.12 > ansible_ssh_user=userA > ClientB ansible_ssh_port=20243 ansible_ssh_host=192.168.1.11 > ansible_ssh_user=userB > > > > When i run the playbook with the following command. > > ansible-playbook common/os_check.yml --su-user=root --ask-su-pass -vvvv > or > ansible-playbook common/os_check.yml -R --step -vvvv > > I get the following ERROR. I noticed that it never passes the root > user..... > > PLAY [test] > ******************************************************************* > > > TASK: [Querying Kernel Version] > *********************************************** > <192.168.1.12> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: userA on PORT 2209 TO > 192.168.1.12 > <192.168.1.11> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: userB on PORT 20243 TO > 192.168.1.11 > <192.168.1.11> EXEC uname -r > ok: [ClientB] => {"rc": 0, "stderr": "", "stdout": > "2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64\n"} > fatal: [192.168.1.12] => {'msg': 'FAILED: Authentication failed.', > 'failed': True} > > > TASK: [raw yum -qy install python-simplejson] > ********************************* > skipping: [ClientB] > > > PLAY RECAP > ******************************************************************** > to retry, use: --limit @/home/userA/os_check.retry > > > ClientB : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed= > 0 > ClientA : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed= > 0 > > > > I would think it would run as the user i told it to run as. It seems that > the hosts file overrides whatever parameter i give it....I might be > thinking of this wrong... > > thanks for your help! > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c21aa37d-6929-4bd8-a6bf-7467c5695390%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c21aa37d-6929-4bd8-a6bf-7467c5695390%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAMFyvFgUeNPXtJWUnx05w3oF_6zRLAqU7O98qxT%2BsUm354CTeQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
