first bit of getting sudo -u functionality

bin/ansible

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class Cli(object):
         parser.add_option('-m', '--module-name', dest='module_name',
             help="module name to execute (default=%s)" % C.DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME, 
             default=C.DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME)
-
+        parser.add_option('-U','--sudo_user', dest='sudo_user', help='desired sudo user',
+            default=C.DEFAULT_SUDO_USER)
         options, args = parser.parse_args()
         self.callbacks.options = options        
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class Cli(object):
         
         sshpass = None
         sudopass = None
+        sudouser = options.sudo_user
         if options.ask_pass:
             sshpass = getpass.getpass(prompt="SSH password: ")
         if options.ask_sudo_pass:
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class Cli(object):
             forks=options.forks, 
             pattern=pattern, 
             callbacks=self.callbacks, sudo=options.sudo, 
-            sudo_pass=sudopass,
+            sudo_pass=sudopass,sudo_user=options.sudo_user,
             transport=options.connection, debug=options.debug
         )
 

lib/ansible/constants.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL  = 15
 DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER    = 'root'
 DEFAULT_REMOTE_PASS    = None
 DEFAULT_SUDO_PASS      = None
+DEFAULT_SUDO_USER      = 'root'
 DEFAULT_REMOTE_PORT    = 22
 DEFAULT_TRANSPORT      = 'paramiko'
 DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTS = ['local', 'paramiko']

lib/ansible/runner.py

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class Runner(object):
         remote_pass=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_PASS, remote_port=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_PORT, 
         sudo_pass=C.DEFAULT_SUDO_PASS, background=0, basedir=None, 
         setup_cache=None, transport=C.DEFAULT_TRANSPORT, conditional='True', 
-        callbacks=None, debug=False, sudo=False, module_vars=None, 
-        is_playbook=False, inventory=None):
+        callbacks=None, debug=False, sudo=False, sudo_user=C.DEFAULT_SUDO_USER
+        ,module_vars=None, is_playbook=False, inventory=None):
 
         """
         host_list    : path to a host list file, like /etc/ansible/hosts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class Runner(object):
         remote_user  : connect as this remote username
         remote_pass  : supply this password (if not using keys)
         remote_port  : use this default remote port (if not set by the inventory system)
+        sudo_user    : If you want to sudo to a user other than root.
         sudo_pass    : sudo password if using sudo and sudo requires a password
         background   : run asynchronously with a cap of this many # of seconds (if not 0)
         basedir      : paths used by modules if not absolute are relative to here
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class Runner(object):
         self.basedir     = basedir
         self.sudo        = sudo
         self.sudo_pass   = sudo_pass
+        self.sudo_user   = sudo_user
         self.is_playbook = is_playbook
 
         euid = pwd.getpwuid(os.geteuid())[0]