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

Authors

  • ansible (@core)

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Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.