can you show test with the issue at the play level? i cannot reproduce, i used the following:
- hosts: testmachine sudo: yes sudo_user: nobody tasks: - template: src: testfile dest: /tmp/z mode: 0600 with -vvvv i can see: /bin/sh -c 'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=cxwmwhlrjpfrghjcbaabmtadbvgcgouq] password: " -u nobody /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-cxwmwhlrjpfrghjcbaabmtadbvgcgouq; LANG=C LC_CTYPE=C /usr/bin/python /tmp/ansible-tmp-1426689710.81-275921666186925/copy'"'"'' -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAJ5XC8kVkJSQm3oK%2BAWY3M5MW4no9xzdvqMyLm_6gj4-ZhH1Wg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.