In the with_items list, instead of this:

"virtual_mailbox_base = {{vmail_dir}}"


Try changing it to this:

"virtual_mailbox_base = {{vmail_dir.stdout_lines[0]}}"

Shaunak

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:01 AM, John Oliver <[email protected]> wrote:

> ansible 1.6.10
>
>
> - name: Get vmail home directory
>   shell: "/bin/grep vmail /etc/passwd | cut -d':' -f6"
>   register: vmail_dir
>
> - name: Modify postfix config
>   lineinfile: dest=/etc/postfix/main.cf
>               line="{{item}}"
>               insertafter='^mydestination\ =\ \$myhostname,\
> localhost\.\$mydomain,\ localhost$'
>   with_items:
>     - "virtual_mailbox_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf"
>     - "virtual_mailbox_base = {{vmail_dir}}"
>     - "virtual_mailbox_domains = $mydomain"
>
>
> This fails like::
>
> failed: [test] => (item=virtual_mailbox_base = {u'changed': True, u'end':
> u'2014-09-09 09:38:11.112576', u'stdout': u'/home/vmail', u'cmd':
> u"/bin/grep vmail /etc/passwd | cut -d':' -f6", u'rc': 0, u'start':
> u'2014-09-09 09:38:11.109507', u'stderr': u'', u'delta': u'0:00:00.003069',
> 'invocation': {'module_name': 'shell', 'module_args': "/bin/grep vmail
> /etc/passwd | cut -d':' -f6"}, 'stdout_lines': [u'/home/vmail']}) =>
> {"failed": true, "item": "virtual_mailbox_base = {u'changed': True, u'end':
> u'2014-09-09 09:38:11.112576', u'stdout': u'/home/vmail', u'cmd':
> u\"/bin/grep vmail /etc/passwd | cut -d':' -f6\", u'rc': 0, u'start':
> u'2014-09-09 09:38:11.109507', u'stderr': u'', u'delta': u'0:00:00.003069',
> 'invocation': {'module_name': 'shell', 'module_args': \"/bin/grep vmail
> /etc/passwd | cut -d':' -f6\"}, 'stdout_lines': [u'/home/vmail']}"}
> msg: this module requires key=value arguments (['dest=/etc/postfix/main.cf',
> "line=virtual_mailbox_base = {u'changed': True, u'end': u'2014-09-09
> 09:38:11.112576', u'stdout': u'/home/vmail', u'cmd': u/bin/grep", 'vmail',
> '/etc/passwd', '|', 'cut', '-d:', "-f6, u'rc': 0, u'start': u'2014-09-09
> 09:38:11.109507', u'stderr': u'', u'delta': u'0:00:00.003069',
> 'invocation': {'module_name': 'shell', 'module_args': /bin/grep", 'vmail',
> '/etc/passwd', '|', 'cut', '-d:', "-f6}, 'stdout_lines':
> [u'/home/vmail']}", 'insertafter=^mydestination\\ =\\ \\$myhostname,\\
> localhost\\.\\$mydomain,\\ localhost$'])
>
>
> It looks like I'm just not getting the quoting right.  I tried enquoting
> the line with strong quotes and the variable with double quotes.
>
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