ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.8.18 / become / pfexec profile based execution | "added in version" 2.8 of ansible.builtin" Authors: ansible (@core)ansible.builtin.pfexec (v2.8.18) — become
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.8.18
This become plugins allows your remote/login user to execute commands as another user via the pfexec utility.
wrap_exe: default: false description: Toggle to wrap the command pfexec calls in 'shell -c' or not env: - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_WRAP_EXECUTION ini: - key: wrap_execution section: pfexec_become_plugin type: bool vars: - name: ansible_pfexec_wrap_execution become_exe: default: pfexec description: Sudo executable env: - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_EXE ini: - key: become_exe section: privilege_escalation - key: executable section: pfexec_become_plugin vars: - name: ansible_become_exe - name: ansible_pfexec_exe become_pass: description: pfexec password env: - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_PASS ini: - key: password section: pfexec_become_plugin required: false vars: - name: ansible_become_password - name: ansible_become_pass - name: ansible_pfexec_pass become_user: default: root description: - User you 'become' to execute the task - This plugin ignores this setting as pfexec uses it's own ``exec_attr`` to figure this out, but it is supplied here for Ansible to make decisions needed for the task execution, like file permissions. env: - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_USER ini: - key: become_user section: privilege_escalation - key: user section: pfexec_become_plugin vars: - name: ansible_become_user - name: ansible_pfexec_user become_flags: default: -H -S -n description: Options to pass to pfexec env: - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_FLAGS ini: - key: become_flags section: privilege_escalation - key: flags section: pfexec_become_plugin vars: - name: ansible_become_flags - name: ansible_pfexec_flags