community.general.machinectl – Systemd’s machinectl privilege escalation

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.machinectl.

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
string
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
string
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
string
ini entries:

[machinectl_become_plugin]
password = None

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
string
Default:
""
ini entries:

[privilege_escalation]
become_user =

[machinectl_become_plugin]
user =

env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_USER
var: ansible_become_user
var: ansible_machinectl_user
User you 'become' to execute the task

Authors

  • ansible (@core)