What is the username you are trying to connect as ?
On Friday, September 28, 2018 at 10:06:32 PM UTC+5:30, Nicola Apicella
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am sorry for the newbie question, I ve just started looking into Ansible
> but I did not find any info in the docs or anywhere else that could help me
> find a resolution.
> I have a bunch of hosts on which I have sudo access.
> *>sudo whoami*
> *root*
>
> But I do not have permission to run
> *> sudo /bin/sh -c echo "Hello!"*
> *Sorry, user some-user is not allowed to execute '/bin/sh -c echo Hello
> world' as root on blabahost.*
>
> This is blocking me from executing a simple playbook which copies files
> under */etc/yum.repos.d*
> The playbook like this:
>
> *---*
> *- name: test-pl*
> * hosts: blablahost*
>
> * tasks:*
> * - name: test*
> * become: yes*
> * become_method: sudo*
> * copy:*
> * content: ""*
> * dest: /etc/yum.repos.d/a*
> * force: no*
> * group: root*
> * owner: root*
> * mode: 0555*
>
> The error I get is basically the same one mentioned above. My user is not
> allowed to execute */bin/sh *as root.
>
> blablahost | FAILED! => {
> "changed": false,
> "module_stderr": "Shared connection to blablahost closed.\r\n",
> "module_stdout": "\r\nSorry, user some-user is not allowed to execute
> '/bin/sh -c echo BECOME-SUCCESS-rhzefxcamynrooqcpyqppdiqvzlqbmyt;
> /usr/bin/python
> /home/some-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1538151353.33-57836367165837/command.py'
>
> as root on blablahost.\r\n",
> "msg": "MODULE FAILURE",
> "rc": 1
> }
>
> The problem could be fixed if Ansible would allow to start the bash as a
> normal user and then run the copy command with *sudo.*
> Basically, avoiding executing */bin/sh *as root.
> Are you aware of a workaround for this case? Or am I missing something?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
> -Nicola
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