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clarified become options do not imply others

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fixes #14635
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Brian Coca 9 years ago
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@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ privilege escalation tools, which you probably already use or have configured, l
and execute tasks, create resources with the 2nd user's permissions. As of 1.9 `become` supersedes the old sudo/su, while still being backwards compatible. and execute tasks, create resources with the 2nd user's permissions. As of 1.9 `become` supersedes the old sudo/su, while still being backwards compatible.
This new system also makes it easier to add other privilege escalation tools like `pbrun` (Powerbroker), `pfexec` and others. This new system also makes it easier to add other privilege escalation tools like `pbrun` (Powerbroker), `pfexec` and others.
.. note:: Setting any var or directive makes no implications on the values of the other related directives, i.e. setting become_user does not set become.
Directives Directives
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@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ become
set to 'true'/'yes' to activate privilege escalation. set to 'true'/'yes' to activate privilege escalation.
become_user become_user
set to user with desired privileges, the user you 'become', NOT the user you login as. set to user with desired privileges, the user you 'become', NOT the user you login as. Does NOT imply `become: yes`, to allow it to be set at host level.
become_method become_method
at play or task level overrides the default method set in ansible.cfg, set to 'sudo'/'su'/'pbrun'/'pfexec'/'doas' at play or task level overrides the default method set in ansible.cfg, set to 'sudo'/'su'/'pbrun'/'pfexec'/'doas'
@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ ansible_become_method
allows to set privilege escalation method allows to set privilege escalation method
ansible_become_user ansible_become_user
allows to set the user you become through privilege escalation allows to set the user you become through privilege escalation, does not imply `ansible_become: True`
ansible_become_pass ansible_become_pass
allows you to set the privilege escalation password allows you to set the privilege escalation password
@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ New command line options
valid choices: [ sudo | su | pbrun | pfexec | doas ] valid choices: [ sudo | su | pbrun | pfexec | doas ]
--become-user=BECOME_USER --become-user=BECOME_USER
run operations as this user (default=root) run operations as this user (default=root), does not imply --become/-b
For those from Pre 1.9 , sudo and su still work! For those from Pre 1.9 , sudo and su still work!

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