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"sudo: a password is required" error with "local_action: file path={{ fetch_directory }} state=directory"

See original GitHub issue

Hi,

I have this error:

TASK [ceph-mon : create a local fetch directory if it does not exist] **********
task path: /Users/stephane/projets/tech-angels/test_ceph/vagrant/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/docker/create_configs.yml:2
Using module file /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/core/files/file.py
<localhost> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: stephane
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965 `" ) && sleep 0'
<localhost> PUT /var/folders/7v/bs1393w960b4_g1_2b5h9sf00000gn/T/tmpSVsFnm TO /Users/stephane/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965/file.py
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /Users/stephane/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965/ /Users/stephane/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965/file.py && sleep 0'
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'sudo -H -S -n -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-drwxnaweihqdaahqciaxhgilzausrdhj; /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7 /Users/stephane/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965/file.py; rm -rf "/Users/stephane/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1481019912.14-221559219655965/" > /dev/null 2>&1'"'"' && sleep 0'
fatal: [ceph-test-1 -> localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "failed": true,
    "invocation": {
        "module_name": "file"
    },
    "module_stderr": "sudo: a password is required\n",
    "module_stdout": "",
    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE"
}

With this code https://github.com/ceph/ceph-ansible/blob/master/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/docker/create_configs.yml#L2:

 name: create a local fetch directory if it does not exist
  local_action: file path={{ fetch_directory }} state=directory
  changed_when: false
  become: false
  run_once: true
  when: cephx or generate_fsid

I don’t understand, become:false is used in this task.

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

17reactions

colanscommented, Jul 30, 2019

become: false is the newer non-deprecated way to do it.

10reactions

debabratpcommented, May 11, 2017

Use sudo: no in you task instead.

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