As mentioned in the output, add -vvvv to your ansible command. It should help identify the issue.
On Thursday, January 15, 2015, Dhruvin Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Matt. Appreciate your help and time. > > So I tried the command which you posted, still no success. > > *ansible all --inventory-file=inv_my.yaml -m setup -u cafe3 --ask-pass > --ask-sudo-pass --sudo -vv* > SSH password: > sudo password [defaults to SSH password]: > <vcac148-085-217.eng.vmware.com> REMOTE_MODULE setup > vcac148-085-217.eng.vmware.com | FAILED => SSH encountered an unknown > error during the connection. We recommend you re-run the command using > -vvvv, which will enable SSH debugging output to help diagnose the issue > > Please help me figure the problem with my usage or a workaround here. > > Thanks, > Dhruvin Shah > > On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 4:50:04 PM UTC-8, Matt Martz wrote: >> >> I believe you have some of your options a little backwards. >> >> You specified that you cannot login as root, however '-u root' specifies >> that you are attempting to connect via the root user. >> >> You probably want: >> >> ansible all --inventory-file=inv_my.yaml -m setup -u cafe3 --ask-pass >> --ask-sudo-pass >> --sudo >> >> A few additional things: >> >> 1. --sudo-user=cafe3 will tell ansible that you want to run the sudo >> commands as cafe3, you instead wants this to be 'root' >> 2. The default for --sudo-user is root so you can actually just leave >> that off >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Dhruvin Shah <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have a situation where, we need to disable the "root" user. and need >>> to make configuration changes to linux servers using a regular(cafe3) user >>> *which >>> has sudo privileges.* >>> To achieve that, I am ssh in to server using "cafe3" using ansible, and >>> mentioning the --sudo flag while executing it. >>> >>> *Ansible-Attempt-1:* >>> ~>ansible all --inventory-file=inv_my.yaml -m setup -u root --ask-pass >>> *--sudo-user=root* --ask-sudo-pass --sudo >>> SSH password: >>> sudo password [defaults to SSH password]: >>> vcac148-085-217.eng.vmware.com | FAILED => Authentication failure. >>> >>> *Ansible-Attempt-2:* >>> ~>ansible all --inventory-file=inv_my.yaml -m setup -u root --ask-pass >>> *--sudo-user=cafe3* --ask-sudo-pass --sudo >>> SSH password: >>> sudo password [defaults to SSH password]: >>> vcac148-085-217.eng.vmware.com | FAILED => Authentication failure. >>> >>> *Manual attempt-3:* >>> If I ssh in to server using user as cafe3, and try to run command like >>> "sudo ls". It works fine. >>> It does ask me for sudo password and I provided the same password as I >>> did in attempt-1 and attempt-2 above. >>> >>> Please help. Thanks in advance. >>> - Dhruvin Shah >>> >>> -- >>> 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/dd3cc010-d972-424f-8ce8- >>> 8506b935b91f%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dd3cc010-d972-424f-8ce8-8506b935b91f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Martz >> @sivel >> sivel.net >> > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ansible-project%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/77f8343a-c242-438e-be0f-9633754abedd%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/77f8343a-c242-438e-be0f-9633754abedd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Matt Martz @sivel sivel.net -- 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/CAD8N0v_yEvt-c1VrX0Snxv504Lb9eZtKV7BFvV73jyvWuuS5dw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
