community.general.sudosu – Run tasks using sudo su -¶

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.sudosu.

New in version 2.4.0: of community.general

Synopsis ¶

This become plugins allows your remote/login user to execute commands as another user via the sudo and su utilities combined.

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
become_flags string	Default: "-H -S -n"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_flags = -H -S -n [sudo_become_plugin] flags = -H -S -n env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS env:ANSIBLE_SUDO_FLAGS var: ansible_become_flags var: ansible_sudo_flags	Options to pass to `sudo`.
become_pass string		ini entries: [sudo_become_plugin] password = None env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS env:ANSIBLE_SUDO_PASS var: ansible_become_password var: ansible_become_pass var: ansible_sudo_pass	Password to pass to `sudo`.
become_user string	Default: "root"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_user = root [sudo_become_plugin] user = root env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER env:ANSIBLE_SUDO_USER var: ansible_become_user var: ansible_sudo_user	User you 'become' to execute the task.