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machinectl – Systemd’s machinectl privilege escalation¶

New in version 2.8.

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Synopsis ¶

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

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
become_exe -	Default: "machinectl"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_exe = machinectl [machinectl_become_plugin] executable = machinectl env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_EXE var: ansible_become_exe var: ansible_machinectl_exe	Machinectl executable
become_flags -	Default: ""	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_flags = [machinectl_become_plugin] flags = env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_FLAGS var: ansible_become_flags var: ansible_machinectl_flags	Options to pass to machinectl
become_pass -		ini entries: [machinectl_become_plugin] password = VALUE env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_PASS var: ansible_become_password var: ansible_become_pass var: ansible_machinectl_pass	Password for machinectl
become_user -		ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_user = VALUE [machinectl_become_plugin] user = VALUE env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_USER var: ansible_become_user var: ansible_machinectl_user	User you 'become' to execute the task

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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