Re: [ansible-project] trying to reset root password by using .yml playbook, but its failed with permission denied error, however same .yml playbook is working via terminal.

Hi, Below is my conf details cat ansible.cfg [defaults] host_key_checking = False remote_user = q5c9nf32 inventory = inventory [privilege_escalation] become = True become_method = sudo become_user = root become_ask_pass = True Thanks, Deepan M On Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 9:13:06 PM

Re: [ansible-project] trying to reset root password by using .yml playbook, but its failed with permission denied error, however same .yml playbook is working via terminal.

To save the call to the external Python command to encrypt the password, you can use the Jinja2 "password_hash" documented here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#hashing-filters So your example could look like this: - name: changing root