I have actually. In his example, he's just connecting through a jump box, 
he isn't connecting and then becoming root before connecting to the targets.


On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 5:55:54 AM UTC-5, Chris Grigor wrote:
>
> Have you looked at 
> http://alexbilbie.com/2014/07/using-ansible-with-a-bastion-host/
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Agent Gh <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> From our jump box, we sudo su - to root and then ssh into the other hosts 
>> as root.  (I understand the security risks, but I don't have control over 
>> this setup)
>>
>> I'm wondering if I can setup ansible to that it connects to the jump box 
>> as my user, then does a sudo su -, so that when it sshes over to the 
>> targets, its actually connecting to them as root.
>>
>>
>> I know it's possible to use proxycommand to make use of a jump box, but 
>> the sudo su -, I haven't figured out.
>>
>> The only variable I can control here is the box I'm originating from. 
>> Details that I don't have control over:
>>
>>    - I can't install ansible on the jump box.
>>    - My user isn't on the target hosts, only root.
>>    - Root password is not known, we use private keys, which are only on 
>>    the jump box.
>>    - I cannot copy those keys to my box.
>>    - I can't ssh to the jump box as root.
>>
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