Started implementing become in v2

v2/ansible/constants.py

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import pwd
 import sys
 
 from . compat import configparser
-
 from string import ascii_letters, digits
 
 # copied from utils, avoid circular reference fun :)
@@ -143,6 +142,19 @@ DEFAULT_ASK_SU_PASS       = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'ask_su_pass', 'ANSIBLE_ASK_
 DEFAULT_GATHERING         = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'gathering', 'ANSIBLE_GATHERING', 'implicit').lower()
 DEFAULT_LOG_PATH               = shell_expand_path(get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'log_path',           'ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH', ''))
 
+#TODO: get rid of ternary chain mess
+BECOME_METHODS            = ['sudo','su','pbrun','pfexec','runas']
+BECOME_ERROR_STRINGS      = {'sudo': 'Sorry, try again.', 'su': 'Authentication failure', 'pbrun': '', 'pfexec': '', 'runas': ''}
+DEFAULT_BECOME            = get_config(p, 'privilege_escalation', 'become', 'ANSIBLE_BECOME',True if DEFAULT_SUDO or DEFAULT_SU else False, boolean=True)
+DEFAULT_BECOME_METHOD     = get_config(p, 'privilege_escalation', 'become_method', 'ANSIBLE_BECOME_METHOD','sudo' if DEFAULT_SUDO else 'su' if DEFAULT_SU else 'sudo' ).lower()
+DEFAULT_BECOME_USER       = get_config(p, 'privilege_escalation', 'become_user', 'ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER',DEFAULT_SUDO_USER if DEFAULT_SUDO else DEFAULT_SU_USER if DEFAULT_SU else 'root')
+DEFAULT_BECOME_ASK_PASS   = get_config(p, 'privilege_escalation', 'become_ask_pass', 'ANSIBLE_BECOME_ASK_PASS',True if DEFAULT_ASK_SUDO_PASS else False, boolean=True)
+# need to rethink impementing these 2
+DEFAULT_BECOME_EXE = None
+#DEFAULT_BECOME_EXE        = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'become_exe', 'ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE','sudo' if DEFAULT_SUDO else 'su' if DEFAULT_SU else 'sudo')
+#DEFAULT_BECOME_FLAGS      = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'become_flags', 'ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS',DEFAULT_SUDO_FLAGS if DEFAULT_SUDO else DEFAULT_SU_FLAGS if DEFAULT_SU else '-H')
+
+
 DEFAULT_ACTION_PLUGIN_PATH     = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'action_plugins',     'ANSIBLE_ACTION_PLUGINS', '~/.ansible/plugins/action_plugins:/usr/share/ansible_plugins/action_plugins')
 DEFAULT_CACHE_PLUGIN_PATH      = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'cache_plugins',      'ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGINS', '~/.ansible/plugins/cache_plugins:/usr/share/ansible_plugins/cache_plugins')
 DEFAULT_CALLBACK_PLUGIN_PATH   = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'callback_plugins',   'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS', '~/.ansible/plugins/callback_plugins:/usr/share/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins')
@@ -168,12 +180,15 @@ DEFAULT_CALLABLE_WHITELIST     = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'callable_whitelist', '
 COMMAND_WARNINGS               = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'command_warnings', 'ANSIBLE_COMMAND_WARNINGS', False, boolean=True)
 DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS  = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'bin_ansible_callbacks', 'ANSIBLE_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS', False, boolean=True)
 
+RETRY_FILES_ENABLED            = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_enabled', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_ENABLED', True, boolean=True)
+RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH          = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_save_path', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH', '~/')
+
 # CONNECTION RELATED
 ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS               = get_config(p, 'ssh_connection', 'ssh_args', 'ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS', None)
 ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH       = get_config(p, 'ssh_connection', 'control_path', 'ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH', "%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r")
 ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING         = get_config(p, 'ssh_connection', 'pipelining', 'ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING', False, boolean=True)
 PARAMIKO_RECORD_HOST_KEYS      = get_config(p, 'paramiko_connection', 'record_host_keys', 'ANSIBLE_PARAMIKO_RECORD_HOST_KEYS', True, boolean=True)
-# obsolete -- will be formally removed in 1.6
+# obsolete -- will be formally removed
 ZEROMQ_PORT                    = get_config(p, 'fireball_connection', 'zeromq_port', 'ANSIBLE_ZEROMQ_PORT', 5099, integer=True)
 ACCELERATE_PORT                = get_config(p, 'accelerate', 'accelerate_port', 'ACCELERATE_PORT', 5099, integer=True)
 ACCELERATE_TIMEOUT             = get_config(p, 'accelerate', 'accelerate_timeout', 'ACCELERATE_TIMEOUT', 30, integer=True)
@@ -189,6 +204,7 @@ PARAMIKO_PTY                   = get_config(p, 'paramiko_connection', 'pty', 'AN
 DEFAULT_PASSWORD_CHARS = ascii_letters + digits + ".,:-_"
 
 # non-configurable things
+DEFAULT_BECOME_PASS       = None
 DEFAULT_SUDO_PASS         = None
 DEFAULT_REMOTE_PASS       = None
 DEFAULT_SUBSET            = None

v2/ansible/executor/connection_info.py

@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ class ConnectionInformation:
         self.password    = ''
         self.port        = 22
         self.private_key_file = None
-        self.su          = False
-        self.su_user     = ''
-        self.su_pass     = ''
-        self.sudo        = False
-        self.sudo_user   = ''
-        self.sudo_pass   = ''
         self.verbosity   = 0
         self.only_tags   = set()
         self.skip_tags   = set()
 
+        # privilege escalation
+        self.become        = False
+        self.become_method = C.DEFAULT_BECOME_METHOD
+        self.become_user   = ''
+        self.become_pass   = ''
+
         self.no_log      = False
         self.check_mode  = False
 
@@ -84,15 +84,13 @@ class ConnectionInformation:
         if play.connection:
             self.connection = play.connection
 
-        self.remote_user = play.remote_user
-        self.password    = ''
-        self.port        = int(play.port) if play.port else 22
-        self.su          = play.su
-        self.su_user     = play.su_user
-        self.su_pass     = play.su_pass
-        self.sudo        = play.sudo
-        self.sudo_user   = play.sudo_user
-        self.sudo_pass   = play.sudo_pass
+        self.remote_user   = play.remote_user
+        self.password      = ''
+        self.port          = int(play.port) if play.port else 22
+        self.become        = play.become
+        self.become_method = play.become_method
+        self.become_user   = play.become_user
+        self.become_pass   = play.become_pass
 
         # non connection related
         self.no_log      = play.no_log
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ class ConnectionInformation:
         new_info = ConnectionInformation()
         new_info.copy(self)
 
-        for attr in ('connection', 'remote_user', 'su', 'su_user', 'su_pass', 'sudo', 'sudo_user', 'sudo_pass', 'environment', 'no_log'):
+        for attr in ('connection', 'remote_user', 'become', 'become_user', 'become_pass', 'become_method', 'environment', 'no_log'):
             if hasattr(task, attr):
                 attr_val = getattr(task, attr)
                 if attr_val:
@@ -166,31 +164,58 @@ class ConnectionInformation:
 
         return new_info
 
-    def make_sudo_cmd(self, sudo_exe, executable, cmd):
+    def make_become_cmd(self, cmd, shell, become_settings=None):
+
         """
-        Helper function for wrapping commands with sudo.
-
-        Rather than detect if sudo wants a password this time, -k makes
-        sudo always ask for a password if one is required. Passing a quoted
-        compound command to sudo (or sudo -s) directly doesn't work, so we
-        shellquote it with pipes.quote() and pass the quoted string to the
-        user's shell.  We loop reading output until we see the randomly-
-        generated sudo prompt set with the -p option.
+        helper function to create privilege escalation commands
         """
 
-        randbits = ''.join(chr(random.randint(ord('a'), ord('z'))) for x in xrange(32))
-        prompt = '[sudo via ansible, key=%s] password: ' % randbits
-        success_key = 'SUDO-SUCCESS-%s' % randbits
-
-        sudocmd = '%s -k && %s %s -S -p "%s" -u %s %s -c %s' % (
-            sudo_exe, sudo_exe, C.DEFAULT_SUDO_FLAGS, prompt,
-            self.sudo_user, executable or '$SHELL',
-            pipes.quote('echo %s; %s' % (success_key, cmd))
-        )
-
-        # FIXME: old code, can probably be removed as it's been commented out for a while
-        #return ('/bin/sh -c ' + pipes.quote(sudocmd), prompt, success_key)
-        return (sudocmd, prompt, success_key)
+        # FIXME: become settings should probably be stored in the connection info itself
+        if become_settings is None:
+            become_settings = {}
+
+        randbits    = ''.join(chr(random.randint(ord('a'), ord('z'))) for x in xrange(32))
+        success_key = 'BECOME-SUCCESS-%s' % randbits
+        prompt      = None
+        becomecmd   = None
+
+        shell = shell or '$SHELL'
+
+        if self.become_method == 'sudo':
+            # Rather than detect if sudo wants a password this time, -k makes sudo always ask for
+            # a password if one is required. Passing a quoted compound command to sudo (or sudo -s)
+            # directly doesn't work, so we shellquote it with pipes.quote() and pass the quoted
+            # string to the user's shell.  We loop reading output until we see the randomly-generated
+            # sudo prompt set with the -p option.
+            prompt = '[sudo via ansible, key=%s] password: ' % randbits
+            exe = become_settings.get('sudo_exe', C.DEFAULT_SUDO_EXE)
+            flags = become_settings.get('sudo_flags', C.DEFAULT_SUDO_FLAGS)
+            becomecmd = '%s -k && %s %s -S -p "%s" -u %s %s -c "%s"' % \
+                (exe, exe, flags or C.DEFAULT_SUDO_FLAGS, prompt, self.become_user, shell, 'echo %s; %s' % (success_key, cmd))
+
+        elif self.become_method == 'su':
+            exe = become_settings.get('su_exe', C.DEFAULT_SU_EXE)
+            flags = become_settings.get('su_flags', C.DEFAULT_SU_FLAGS)
+            becomecmd = '%s %s %s -c "%s -c %s"' % (exe, flags, self.become_user, shell, pipes.quote('echo %s; %s' % (success_key, cmd)))
+
+        elif self.become_method == 'pbrun':
+            exe = become_settings.get('pbrun_exe', 'pbrun')
+            flags = become_settings.get('pbrun_flags', '')
+            becomecmd = '%s -b -l %s -u %s "%s"' % (exe, flags, self.become_user, 'echo %s; %s' % (success_key,cmd))
+
+        elif self.become_method == 'pfexec':
+            exe = become_settings.get('pfexec_exe', 'pbrun')
+            flags = become_settings.get('pfexec_flags', '')
+            # No user as it uses it's own exec_attr to figure it out
+            becomecmd = '%s %s "%s"' % (exe, flags, 'echo %s; %s' % (success_key,cmd))
+        elif self.become:
+            raise errors.AnsibleError("Privilege escalation method not found: %s" % method)
+
+        return (('%s -c ' % shell) + pipes.quote(becomecmd), prompt, success_key)
+
+    def check_become_success(self, output, become_settings):
+        #TODO: implement
+        pass
 
     def _get_fields(self):
         return [i for i in self.__dict__.keys() if i[:1] != '_']
@@ -204,4 +229,3 @@ class ConnectionInformation:
         for field in self._get_fields():
             value = templar.template(getattr(self, field))
             setattr(self, field, value)
-

v2/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class PlayIterator:
         self._host_states[host.name] = s
 
     def get_failed_hosts(self):
-        return dict((host, True) for (host, state) in self._host_states.iteritems() if state.run_state == self.ITERATING_COMPLETE and state.failed_state != self.FAILED_NONE)
+        return dict((host, True) for (host, state) in self._host_states.iteritems() if state.run_state == self.ITERATING_COMPLETE and state.fail_state != self.FAILED_NONE)
 
     def get_original_task(self, host, task):
         '''

v2/ansible/executor/task_executor.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ __all__ = ['TaskExecutor']
 
 import json
 import time
+import pipes
 
 class TaskExecutor:
 

v2/ansible/playbook/base.py

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ class Base:
     def munge(self, ds):
         ''' infrequently used method to do some pre-processing of legacy terms '''
 
+        for base_class in self.__class__.__bases__:
+            method = getattr(self, ("_munge_%s" % base_class.__name__).lower(), None)
+            if method:
+                ds = method(ds)
+
         return ds
 
     def load_data(self, ds, variable_manager=None, loader=None):

v2/ansible/playbook/become.py

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.playbook.attribute import Attribute, FieldAttribute
+#from ansible.utils.display import deprecated
+
+class Become:
+
+    # Privlege escalation
+    _become              = FieldAttribute(isa='bool', default=False)
+    _become_method       = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
+    _become_user         = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
+    _become_pass         = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        return super(Become, self).__init__()
+
+    def _detect_privilege_escalation_conflict(self, ds):
+
+        # Fail out if user specifies conflicting privelege escalations
+        has_become = 'become' in ds or 'become_user'in ds
+        has_sudo   = 'sudo' in ds or 'sudo_user' in ds
+        has_su     = 'su' in ds or 'su_user' in ds
+
+        if has_become:
+            msg = 'The become params ("become", "become_user") and'
+            if has_sudo:
+                raise errors.AnsibleParserError('%s sudo params ("sudo", "sudo_user") cannot be used together' % msg)
+            elif has_su:
+                raise errors.AnsibleParserError('%s su params ("su", "su_user") cannot be used together' % msg)
+        elif has_sudo and has_su:
+            raise errors.AnsibleParserError('sudo params ("sudo", "sudo_user") and su params ("su", "su_user") cannot be used together')
+
+    def _munge_become(self, ds):
+
+        self._detect_privilege_escalation_conflict(ds)
+
+        # Setting user implies setting become/sudo/su to true
+        if 'become_user' in ds and not ds.get('become', False):
+            ds['become'] = True
+
+        # Privilege escalation, backwards compatibility for sudo/su
+        if 'sudo' in ds or 'sudo_user' in ds:
+            ds['become_method'] = 'sudo'
+            if 'sudo' in ds:
+                ds['become'] = ds['sudo']
+                del ds['sudo']
+            else:
+                ds['become'] = True
+            if 'sudo_user' in ds:
+                ds['become_user'] = ds['sudo_user']
+                del ds['sudo_user']
+
+            #deprecated("Instead of sudo/sudo_user, use become/become_user and set become_method to 'sudo' (default)")
+
+        elif 'su' in ds or 'su_user' in ds:
+            ds['become_method'] = 'su'
+            if 'su' in ds:
+                ds['become'] = ds['su']
+                del ds['su']
+            else:
+                ds['become'] = True
+            if 'su_user' in ds:
+                ds['become_user'] = ds['su_user']
+                del ds['su_user']
+
+            #deprecated("Instead of su/su_user, use become/become_user and set become_method to 'su' (default is sudo)")
+
+        return ds

v2/ansible/playbook/block.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import Attribute, FieldAttribute
 from ansible.playbook.base import Base
+#from ansible.playbook.become import Become
 from ansible.playbook.conditional import Conditional
 from ansible.playbook.helpers import load_list_of_tasks
 from ansible.playbook.role import Role
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ class Block(Base, Conditional, Taggable):
                 return dict(block=ds)
             else:
                 return dict(block=[ds])
-        return ds
+
+        return super(Block, self).munge(ds)
 
     def _load_block(self, attr, ds):
         return load_list_of_tasks(

v2/ansible/playbook/play.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import Attribute, FieldAttribute
 from ansible.playbook.base import Base
+from ansible.playbook.become import Become
 from ansible.playbook.helpers import load_list_of_blocks, load_list_of_roles, compile_block_list
 from ansible.playbook.role import Role
 from ansible.playbook.taggable import Taggable
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars
 __all__ = ['Play']
 
 
-class Play(Base, Taggable):
+class Play(Base, Taggable, Become):
 
     """
     A play is a language feature that represents a list of roles and/or
@@ -47,21 +48,19 @@ class Play(Base, Taggable):
 
     # =================================================================================
     # Connection-Related Attributes
+
+    # TODO: generalize connection
     _accelerate          = FieldAttribute(isa='bool', default=False)
     _accelerate_ipv6     = FieldAttribute(isa='bool', default=False)
-    _accelerate_port     = FieldAttribute(isa='int', default=5099)
+    _accelerate_port     = FieldAttribute(isa='int', default=5099) # should be alias of port
+
+    # Connection
     _connection          = FieldAttribute(isa='string', default='smart')
     _gather_facts        = FieldAttribute(isa='string', default='smart')
     _hosts               = FieldAttribute(isa='list', default=[], required=True)
     _name                = FieldAttribute(isa='string', default='<no name specified>')
     _port                = FieldAttribute(isa='int', default=22)
     _remote_user         = FieldAttribute(isa='string', default='root')
-    _su                  = FieldAttribute(isa='bool', default=False)
-    _su_user             = FieldAttribute(isa='string', default='root')
-    _su_pass             = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
-    _sudo                = FieldAttribute(isa='bool', default=False)
-    _sudo_user           = FieldAttribute(isa='string', default='root')
-    _sudo_pass           = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
 
     # Variable Attributes
     _vars                = FieldAttribute(isa='dict', default=dict())
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ class Play(Base, Taggable):
     @staticmethod
     def load(data, variable_manager=None, loader=None):
         p = Play()
+        print("in play load, become is: %s" % getattr(p, 'become'))
         return p.load_data(data, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader)
 
     def munge(self, ds):
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Play(Base, Taggable):
             ds['remote_user'] = ds['user']
             del ds['user']
 
-        return ds
+        return super(Play, self).munge(ds)
 
     def _load_vars(self, attr, ds):
         '''
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Play(Base, Taggable):
             roles.append(Role.load(ri))
         return roles
 
-    # FIXME: post_validation needs to ensure that su/sudo are not both set
+    # FIXME: post_validation needs to ensure that become/su/sudo have only 1 set
 
     def _compile_roles(self):
         '''

v2/ansible/playbook/playbook_include.py

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class PlaybookInclude(Base):
                         raise AnsibleParserError("vars for include statements must be specified as a dictionary", obj=ds)
                 new_ds[k] = v
 
-        return new_ds
+        return super(PlaybookInclude, self).munge(new_ds)
 
     def _munge_include(self, ds, new_ds, k, v):
         '''

v2/ansible/playbook/role/definition.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class RoleDefinition(Base, Conditional, Taggable):
         self._ds = ds
 
         # and return the cleaned-up data structure
-        return new_ds
+        return super(RoleDefinition, self).munge(new_ds)
 
     def _load_role_name(self, ds):
         '''

v2/ansible/playbook/task.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from ansible.plugins import module_loader, lookup_loader
 
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import Attribute, FieldAttribute
 from ansible.playbook.base import Base
+from ansible.playbook.become import Become
 from ansible.playbook.block import Block
 from ansible.playbook.conditional import Conditional
 from ansible.playbook.role import Role
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ from ansible.playbook.taggable import Taggable
 
 __all__ = ['Task']
 
-class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable):
+class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable, Become):
 
     """
     A task is a language feature that represents a call to a module, with given arguments and other parameters.
@@ -86,12 +87,6 @@ class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable):
     _remote_user          = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
     _retries              = FieldAttribute(isa='int', default=1)
     _run_once             = FieldAttribute(isa='bool')
-    _su                   = FieldAttribute(isa='bool')
-    _su_pass              = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
-    _su_user              = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
-    _sudo                 = FieldAttribute(isa='bool')
-    _sudo_user            = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
-    _sudo_pass            = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
     _transport            = FieldAttribute(isa='string')
     _until                = FieldAttribute(isa='list') # ?
     _vars                 = FieldAttribute(isa='dict', default=dict())
@@ -172,6 +167,7 @@ class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable):
         args_parser = ModuleArgsParser(task_ds=ds)
         (action, args, delegate_to) = args_parser.parse()
 
+
         new_ds['action']      = action
         new_ds['args']        = args
         new_ds['delegate_to'] = delegate_to
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@ class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable):
             else:
                 new_ds[k] = v
 
-        return new_ds
+        return super(Task, self).munge(new_ds)
 
     def post_validate(self, all_vars=dict(), fail_on_undefined=True):
         '''

v2/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ActionBase:
         if tmp and "tmp" in tmp:
             # tmp has already been created
             return False
-        if not self._connection._has_pipelining or not C.ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING or C.DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES or self._connection_info.su:
+        if not self._connection._has_pipelining or not C.ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING or C.DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES or self._connection_info.become:
             # tmp is necessary to store module source code
             return True
         if not self._connection._has_pipelining:
@@ -152,12 +152,11 @@ class ActionBase:
         basefile = 'ansible-tmp-%s-%s' % (time.time(), random.randint(0, 2**48))
         use_system_tmp = False
 
-        if (self._connection_info.sudo and self._connection_info.sudo_user != 'root') or (self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user != 'root'):
+        if self._connection_info.become and self._connection_info.become_user != 'root':
             use_system_tmp = True
 
         tmp_mode = None
-        if self._connection_info.remote_user != 'root' or \
-           ((self._connection_info.sudo and self._connection_info.sudo_user != 'root') or (self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user != 'root')):
+        if self._connection_info.remote_user != 'root' or self._connection_info.become and self._connection_info.become_user != 'root':
             tmp_mode = 'a+rx'
 
         cmd = self._shell.mkdtemp(basefile, use_system_tmp, tmp_mode)
@@ -291,10 +290,8 @@ class ActionBase:
         split_path = path.split(os.path.sep, 1)
         expand_path = split_path[0]
         if expand_path == '~':
-            if self._connection_info.sudo and self._connection_info.sudo_user:
-                expand_path = '~%s' % self._connection_info.sudo_user
-            elif self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user:
-                expand_path = '~%s' % self._connection_info.su_user
+            if self._connection_info.become and self._connection_info.become_user:
+                expand_path = '~%s' % self._connection_info.become_user
 
         cmd = self._shell.expand_user(expand_path)
         debug("calling _low_level_execute_command to expand the remote user path")
@@ -373,7 +370,7 @@ class ActionBase:
 
         environment_string = self._compute_environment_string()
 
-        if tmp and "tmp" in tmp and ((self._connection_info.sudo and self._connection_info.sudo_user != 'root') or (self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user != 'root')):
+        if tmp and "tmp" in tmp and self._connection_info.become and self._connection_info.become_user != 'root':
             # deal with possible umask issues once sudo'ed to other user
             self._remote_chmod(tmp, 'a+r', remote_module_path)
 
@@ -391,7 +388,7 @@ class ActionBase:
 
         rm_tmp = None
         if tmp and "tmp" in tmp and not C.DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES and not persist_files and delete_remote_tmp:
-            if not self._connection_info.sudo or self._connection_info.su or self._connection_info.sudo_user == 'root' or self._connection_info.su_user == 'root':
+            if not self._connection_info.become or self._connection_info.become_user == 'root':
                 # not sudoing or sudoing to root, so can cleanup files in the same step
                 rm_tmp = tmp
 
@@ -409,7 +406,7 @@ class ActionBase:
         debug("_low_level_execute_command returned ok")
 
         if tmp and "tmp" in tmp and not C.DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES and not persist_files and delete_remote_tmp:
-            if (self._connection_info.sudo and self._connection_info.sudo_user != 'root') or (self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user != 'root'):
+            if self._connection_info.become and self._connection_info.become_user != 'root':
             # not sudoing to root, so maybe can't delete files as that other user
             # have to clean up temp files as original user in a second step
                 cmd2 = self._shell.remove(tmp, recurse=True)
@@ -457,11 +454,7 @@ class ActionBase:
         success_key = None
 
         if sudoable:
-            if self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user:
-                cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_su_cmd(executable, cmd)
-            elif self._connection_info.sudo and self._connection_info.sudo_user:
-                # FIXME: hard-coded sudo_exe here
-                cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_sudo_cmd('/usr/bin/sudo', executable, cmd)
+            cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_become_cmd(executable, cmd)
 
         debug("executing the command %s through the connection" % cmd)
         rc, stdin, stdout, stderr = self._connection.exec_command(cmd, tmp, executable=executable, in_data=in_data)

v2/ansible/plugins/connections/local.py

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
         debug("in local.exec_command()")
         # su requires to be run from a terminal, and therefore isn't supported here (yet?)
-        if self._connection_info.su:
-            raise AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support running commands via su")
+        #if self._connection_info.su:
+        #    raise AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support running commands via su")
 
         if in_data:
             raise AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         #    else:
         #        local_cmd = cmd
         #else:
-        #    local_cmd, prompt, success_key = utils.make_sudo_cmd(self.runner.sudo_exe, sudo_user, executable, cmd)
+        #    local_cmd, prompt, success_key = utils.make_become_cmd(self.runner.sudo_exe, sudo_user, executable, cmd)
         if executable:
             local_cmd = executable.split() + ['-c', cmd]
         else:

v2/ansible/plugins/connections/ssh.py

@@ -281,19 +281,19 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         #    ssh_cmd += ['-6']
         ssh_cmd += [self._connection_info.remote_addr]
 
-        if not (self._connection_info.sudo or self._connection_info.su):
-            prompt = None
-            if executable:
-                ssh_cmd.append(executable + ' -c ' + pipes.quote(cmd))
-            else:
-                ssh_cmd.append(cmd)
-        elif self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user:
-            su_cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_su_cmd(executable, cmd)
-            ssh_cmd.append(su_cmd)
-        else:
-            # FIXME: hard-coded sudo_exe here
-            sudo_cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_sudo_cmd('/usr/bin/sudo', executable, cmd)
-            ssh_cmd.append(sudo_cmd)
+        #if not (self._connection_info.sudo or self._connection_info.su):
+        #    prompt = None
+        #    if executable:
+        #        ssh_cmd.append(executable + ' -c ' + pipes.quote(cmd))
+        #    else:
+        #        ssh_cmd.append(cmd)
+        #elif self._connection_info.su and self._connection_info.su_user:
+        #    su_cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_su_cmd(executable, cmd)
+        #    ssh_cmd.append(su_cmd)
+        #else:
+        #    # FIXME: hard-coded sudo_exe here
+        #    sudo_cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_become_cmd('/usr/bin/sudo', executable, cmd)
+        #    ssh_cmd.append(sudo_cmd)
 
         self._display.vvv("EXEC %s" % ' '.join(ssh_cmd), host=self._connection_info.remote_addr)
 
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         #        no_prompt_err += sudo_errput
 
         #(returncode, stdout, stderr) = self._communicate(p, stdin, in_data, su=su, sudoable=sudoable, prompt=prompt)
+        # FIXME: the prompt won't be here anymore
+        prompt=""
         (returncode, stdout, stderr) = self._communicate(p, stdin, in_data, prompt=prompt)
         
         #if C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING and not_in_host_file:

v2/ansible/utils/cli.py

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ def base_parser(usage="", output_opts=False, runas_opts=False,
         help='ask for sudo password')
     parser.add_option('--ask-su-pass', default=False, dest='ask_su_pass', action='store_true',
         help='ask for su password')
+    parser.add_option('--ask-become-pass', default=False, dest='ask_become_pass', action='store_true',
+        help='ask for privlege escalation password')
     parser.add_option('--ask-vault-pass', default=False, dest='ask_vault_pass', action='store_true',
         help='ask for vault password')
     parser.add_option('--vault-password-file', default=C.DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE,
@@ -84,6 +86,10 @@ def base_parser(usage="", output_opts=False, runas_opts=False,
             help='log output to this directory')
 
     if runas_opts:
+        parser.add_option("-b", "--become", default=C.DEFAULT_BECOME, action="store_true",
+            dest='become', help="run operations with become (nopasswd implied)")
+        parser.add_option('-B', '--become-user', help='run operations with as this '
+                                                  'user (default=%s)' % C.DEFAULT_BECOME_USER)
         parser.add_option("-s", "--sudo", default=C.DEFAULT_SUDO, action="store_true",
             dest='sudo', help="run operations with sudo (nopasswd)")
         parser.add_option('-U', '--sudo-user', dest='sudo_user', default=None,
@@ -100,6 +106,9 @@ def base_parser(usage="", output_opts=False, runas_opts=False,
         parser.add_option('-c', '--connection', dest='connection',
                           default=C.DEFAULT_TRANSPORT,
                           help="connection type to use (default=%s)" % C.DEFAULT_TRANSPORT)
+        parser.add_option('--become-method', dest='become_method',
+                          default=C.DEFAULT_BECOME_METHOD,
+                          help="privlege escalation method to use (default=%s)" % C.DEFAULT_BECOME_METHOD)
 
     if async_opts:
         parser.add_option('-P', '--poll', default=C.DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL, type='int',

v2/samples/test_become.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+  tasks:
+  - command: whoami
+    become: yes
+    become_user: jamesc
+    become_method: su