community.general.ksu become – Kerberos substitute user

Note

This become plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 11.2.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

become_exe

string

ksu executable.

Default: "ksu"

Configuration:

  • INI entries:

    [privilege_escalation]
become_exe = ksu

    [ksu_become_plugin]
executable = ksu

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_KSU_EXE

  • Variable: ansible_become_exe

  • Variable: ansible_ksu_exe

become_flags

string

Options to pass to ksu.

Default: ""

Configuration:

  • INI entries:

    [privilege_escalation]
become_flags = ""

    [ksu_become_plugin]
flags = ""

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_KSU_FLAGS

  • Variable: ansible_become_flags

  • Variable: ansible_ksu_flags

become_pass

string

ksu password.

Configuration:

  • INI entry:

    [ksu_become_plugin]
password = VALUE

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_KSU_PASS

  • Variable: ansible_ksu_pass

  • Variable: ansible_become_pass

  • Variable: ansible_become_password

become_user

string / required

User you ‘become’ to execute the task.

Configuration:

  • INI entries:

    [privilege_escalation]
become_user = VALUE

    [ksu_become_plugin]
user = VALUE

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_KSU_USER

  • Variable: ansible_become_user

  • Variable: ansible_ksu_user

prompt_l10n

list / elements=string

List of localized strings to match for prompt detection.

If empty the plugin uses the built-in one.

Default: []

Configuration:

  • INI entry:

    [ksu_become_plugin]
localized_prompts =

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_KSU_PROMPT_L10N

  • Variable: ansible_ksu_prompt_l10n

Note

Configuration entries listed above for each entry type (Ansible variable, environment variable, and so on) 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. The entry types are also ordered by precedence from low to high priority order. For example, an ansible.cfg entry (further up in the list) is overwritten by an Ansible variable (further down in the list).

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team