minor fix to become docs

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Brian Coca 9 years ago
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Ansible Privilege Escalation Become (Privilege Escalation)
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Ansible can use existing privilege escalation systems to allow a user to execute tasks as another. Ansible can use existing privilege escalation systems to allow a user to execute tasks as another.
@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ Ansible can use existing privilege escalation systems to allow a user to execute
Become Become
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Before 1.9 Ansible mostly allowed the use of sudo and a limited use of su to allow a login/remote user to become a different user Before 1.9 Ansible mostly allowed the use of `sudo` and a limited use of `su` to allow a login/remote user to become a different user
and execute tasks, create resources with the 2nd user's permissions. As of 1.9 'become' supersedes the old sudo/su, while still 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), being backwards compatible. This new system also makes it easier to add other privilege escalation tools like `pbrun` (Powerbroker),
pfexec and others. `pfexec` and others.
New directives New directives
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become become
equivalent to adding 'sudo:' or 'su:' to a play or task, set to 'true'/'yes' to activate privilege escalation equivalent to adding `sudo:` or `su:` to a play or task, set to 'true'/'yes' to activate privilege escalation
become_user become_user
equivalent to adding 'sudo_user:' or 'su_user:' to a play or task, set to user with desired privileges equivalent to adding 'sudo_user:' or 'su_user:' to a play or task, set to user with desired privileges

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