Have you tried a ps on the host you are trying to upgrade to see if an apt command is already running? I've run into it before where an auto update is running, so it has the lock file already in place.
--john On Mon, May 13, 2024, 10:42 PM Gregory Machin <clubbing...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have a number of ubuntu servers that I want to update using ansible via > AWX. my current test playbook : > > --- > - hosts: all > tasks: > - name: Test Connection > ansible.builtin.ping: > > - name: Update Cache > become: true > apt: > update_cache: true > > is not work as expected on the ubuntu servers. > The servers that have the root user configured are fine. But the Ubuntu > servers where the root user doesn't have a password set are failing with > the following error: > > "Failed to lock apt for exclusive operation: Failed to lock directory > /var/lib/apt/lists/: E:Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - > open (13: Permission denied)" > > In AWX I have configured privilege escalation to use sudo but this doesnt > help. > > I have tried moving the become: yes statement but this did help. > > Doe the apt module support the sudo ? > > What have I missed ? > > Thank you > > Greg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/5247dc46-a89e-4685-97af-53f8b91c8be8n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/5247dc46-a89e-4685-97af-53f8b91c8be8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAPAjob8HmzXZxiHvGnaP63yykLPrBmRkWeJurhm0P9%3DBzfUF4w%40mail.gmail.com.
