community.general.pfexec – profile based execution

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.pfexec.

Synopsis

This become plugins allows your remote/login user to execute commands as another user via the pfexec utility.

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
become_exe string	Default: "pfexec"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation]become_exe = pfexec [pfexec_become_plugin]executable = pfexec env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE env:ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_EXE var: ansible_become_exe var: ansible_pfexec_exe	Sudo executable
become_flags string	Default: "-H -S -n"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation]become_flags = -H -S -n [pfexec_become_plugin]flags = -H -S -n env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS env:ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_FLAGS var: ansible_become_flags var: ansible_pfexec_flags	Options to pass to pfexec
become_pass string		ini entries: [pfexec_become_plugin]password = None env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS env:ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_PASS var: ansible_become_password var: ansible_become_pass var: ansible_pfexec_pass	pfexec password
become_user string	Default: "root"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation]become_user = root [pfexec_become_plugin]user = root env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER env:ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_USER var: ansible_become_user var: ansible_pfexec_user	User you 'become' to execute the task This plugin ignores this setting as pfexec uses it's own `exec_attr` to figure this out, but it is supplied here for Ansible to make decisions needed for the task execution, like file permissions.
wrap_exe boolean	no ← yes	ini entries: [pfexec_become_plugin]wrap_execution = no env:ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_WRAP_EXECUTION var: ansible_pfexec_wrap_execution	Toggle to wrap the command pfexec calls in 'shell -c' or not

Note

This plugin ignores become_user as pfexec uses it’s own exec_attr to figure this out.

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/pfexec_become.html