pmrun – Privilege Manager run

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
become_exe -	Default: "pmrun"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_exe = pmrun [pmrun_become_plugin] executable = pmrun env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE env:ANSIBLE_PMRUN_EXE var: ansible_become_exe var: ansible_pmrun_exe	Sudo executable
become_flags -		ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_flags = VALUE [pmrun_become_plugin] flags = VALUE env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS env:ANSIBLE_PMRUN_FLAGS var: ansible_become_flags var: ansible_pmrun_flags	Options to pass to pmrun
become_pass -		ini entries: [pmrun_become_plugin] password = VALUE env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS env:ANSIBLE_PMRUN_PASS var: ansible_become_password var: ansible_become_pass var: ansible_pmrun_pass	pmrun password

Notes

Note

• This plugin ignores the become_user supplied and uses pmrun’s own configuration to select the user.

Status

• This become is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This become is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• ansible (@core)

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