Well, is that user been given sudo rights on remote machine if so, Could
you check if you are able to login as that user and execute the same task
manually without ansible.
On Friday, September 28, 2018 at 10:58:44 PM UTC+5:30, Nicola Apicella
wrote:
>
> I am running the playbook without specifying an user:
>
>
> *ansible-playbook --ask-become-pass -vvv test-playbook*
> Running the command with -u flag does not change the error:
>
> *ansible-playbook -u napicella --ask-become-pass -vvv test-playbook*
>
> where *napicella *is an user on both the local machine and the remote one
>
> On Friday, 28 September 2018 20:08:28 UTC+3, Karthik Chandrashekar wrote:
>>
>> 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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