I tried to use the above command as per you suggestion and again got the 
permission denied error. 

fatal: [ma-idmspp-lapp565]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "find -L 
/usr -executable -type f -name \"java\" -print", "delta": "0:00:01.458827", 
"end": "2019-01-23 15:10:26.161587", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 
1, "start": "2019-01-23 15:10:24.702760", "stderr": "find: 
'/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d': Permission denied\nfind: 
'/usr/libexec/initscripts/legacy-actions/auditd': Permission denied\nfind: 
'/usr/tmp/lost+found': Permission denied\nfind: 
'/usr/tmp/.ansible-c5023304': Permission denied\nfind: 
'/usr/tmp/yum-root-a6LSso': Permission denied\nfind: 
'/usr/tmp/systemd-private-8e020ca4b1d1423ea4e25c65b1f20330-ntpd.service-7jH9UJ':
 
Permission denied\nfind: '/usr/local/gcs_compliance': Permission 
denied\nfind: '/usr/local/epic/cache': Permission denied\nfind: 
'/usr/local/epic/log': Permission denied\nfind: '/usr/local/lib/asset': 
Permission denied", "stderr_lines": ["find: '/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d': 
Permission denied", "find: 
'/usr/libexec/initscripts/legacy-actions/auditd': Permission denied", 
"find: '/usr/tmp/lost+found': Permission denied", "find: 
'/usr/tmp/.ansible-c5023304': Permission denied", "find: 
'/usr/tmp/yum-root-a6LSso': Permission denied", "find: 
'/usr/tmp/systemd-private-8e020ca4b1d1423ea4e25c65b1f20330-ntpd.service-7jH9UJ':
 
Permission denied", "find: '/usr/local/gcs_compliance': Permission denied", 
"find: '/usr/local/epic/cache': Permission denied", "find: 
'/usr/local/epic/log': Permission denied", "find: '/usr/local/lib/asset': 
Permission denied"], "stdout": 
"/usr/java/jdk64-1.8.0_151/bin/java\n/usr/java/jdk64-1.8.0_151/jre/bin/java\n/usr/java/jre64-1.8.0_111/bin/java\n/usr/java/jre64-1.8.0_111/jre/bin/java",
 
"stdout_lines": ["/usr/java/jdk64-1.8.0_151/bin/java", 
"/usr/java/jdk64-1.8.0_151/jre/bin/java", 
"/usr/java/jre64-1.8.0_111/bin/java", 
"/usr/java/jre64-1.8.0_111/jre/bin/java"]}

Kindly help. 
Ruben

On Wednesday, 23 January 2019 20:09:25 UTC+5:30, Karl Auer wrote:
>
> It looks as if it's working. It is running the command "which java". The 
> "which" command is unable to find an executable called "java" in the path, 
> so it outputs an appropriate message to stderr and returns a non zero value.
>
> It looks as if you are trying to locate the java executable, but that will 
> only work if the executable is in the shell's PATH. If you know what to add 
> to the PATH variable, you probably no longer need to use which to find java 
> :-)
>
> If you know roughly where it is, e.g., under /usr somewhere, you could use 
> find to locate it:
>
>    find -L /usr -executable -type f -name "java" -print
>
> But to be honest, if you will be running java, you probably need to know 
> exactly which executable you should be running. Otherwise you will have to 
> run a battery of tests to make sure that the executable you find is the 
> right executable (version, architecture etc)
>
> Regards, K.
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:45 AM ruben melvin <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I tried removing the args and executable, then while trying to execute 
>> again I am getting an error below. 
>>
>> {"changed": true, "cmd": "which java", "delta": "0:00:00.074712", "end": 
>> "2019-01-23 13:41:10.748039", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, 
>> "start": "2019-01-23 13:41:10.673327", "stderr": "which: no java in 
>> (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin)", "stderr_lines": ["which: no java in 
>> (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin)"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}
>>
>> Kindly help.
>> Ruben
>>
>> On Wednesday, 23 January 2019 02:06:43 UTC+5:30, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:05:06 CET ruben melvin wrote: 
>>> > Hi guys, 
>>> > 
>>> > I am trying to execute below ansible playbook. 
>>> > 
>>> > --- 
>>> > - name: "checking the java version" 
>>> >   hosts: host 
>>> >   remote_user: myremoteuser 
>>> >   gather_facts: False 
>>> >   become: yes 
>>> >   become_user: serveruser 
>>> >   become_method: 'sudo' 
>>> > 
>>> >   tasks: 
>>> >     - name: which java 
>>> >       shell: which java 
>>> >       args: 
>>> >         executable: /usr/java/ 
>>> >       register: java 
>>>
>>> Here you are trying to run the directory /usr/java/ 
>>> just remove the args and executable and it should work. 
>>>
>>>
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