sh – POSIX shell (/bin/sh)

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sh – POSIX shell (/bin/sh)

Synopsis

  • This shell plugin is the one you want to use on most Unix systems, it is the most compatible and widely installed shell.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments

admin_users

list

Default:

["root", "toor"]

ini entries: [defaults]admin_users = ['root', 'toor']


env:ANSIBLE_ADMIN_USERS

var: ansible_admin_users

list of users to be expected to have admin privileges. This is used by the controller to determine how to share temporary files between the remote user and the become user.

async_dir

-

Default:

"~/.ansible_async"

ini entries: [defaults]async_dir = ~/.ansible_async


env:ANSIBLE_ASYNC_DIR

var: ansible_async_dir

Directory in which ansible will keep async job information

environment

dictionary

Default:

{}

dictionary of environment variables and their values to use when executing commands.

remote_tmp

-

Default:

"~/.ansible/tmp"

ini entries: [defaults]remote_tmp = ~/.ansible/tmp


env:ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP

env:ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP

var: ansible_remote_tmp

Temporary directory to use on targets when executing tasks.

system_tmpdirs

list

Default:

["/var/tmp", "/tmp"]

ini entries: [defaults]system_tmpdirs = ['/var/tmp', '/tmp']


env:ANSIBLE_SYSTEM_TMPDIRS

var: ansible_system_tmpdirs

List of valid system temporary directories for Ansible to choose when it cannot use ``remote_tmp``, normally due to permission issues. These must be world readable, writable, and executable.



Status

Authors

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