community.general.ksu become – Kerberos substitute user

Note

This become plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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 via the ksu utility.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

become_exe

string

Su 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 we will use the built in one.

Default: []

Configuration:

  • INI entry:

    [ksu_become_plugin]
localized_prompts =

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_KSU_PROMPT_L10N

  • Variable: ansible_ksu_prompt_l10n

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team

Hint

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.