That was it. Thank you very much.

On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 3:32:46 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 23:51:28 -0800 (PST)
> Mike Cavedon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > - name: Delete/link properties
> > hosts: emissary
> > remote_user: remoteUser
> > tasks:
> > - name: Link all properties files
> > ...
> > The task executes as user 'ec2-user' when I'm expecting it to be 
> > 'remoteUser':
> > ...
> > *01:11:53* <172.17.70.215> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: *ec2-user*
>
> Variables will override playbook keywords. See "Precedence categories"
>
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/general_precedence.html#precedence-categories
>
> There must be a variable *ansible_user* or *ansible_ssh_user* or
> environment *ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER* with the value *ec2-user*
>
> See "ssh connection plugin"
>
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/ssh_connection.html#ansible-builtin-ssh-connect-via-ssh-client-binary
>
> For example, the playbook below
>
> shell> cat pb.yml
> - hosts: test_01
> remote_user: remoteUser
> tasks:
> - debug:
> var: ansible_user
>
> gives (abridged)
>
> shell> ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER=admin ansible-playbook pb.yml
>
> ok: [test_01] => 
> ansible_user: admin
>
> -- 
> Vladimir Botka
>

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