This is the error: fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "ERROR! privilege output closed while waiting for password prompt:\nBECOME-SUCCESS-adezzvrxzmmrvcjmhockfqrcaofjafii\nd463cad77a9f7ca30d2eee449d151ffec7209a6b\n" }
Relevant file snippets to reproduce: # ansible.cfg [defaults] hostfile = ./hosts retry_files_enabled = False #./hosts [local] localhost ansible_connection=local #test-priv-fails.yml --- - hosts: local become: true tasks: ## if doing them both in the same task, this does not work - copy: src: '{{ item }}' dest: '/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/{{ item }}' with_items: - local_policy.jar - US_export_policy.jar #test-priv-works.yml --- - hosts: local become: true tasks: ## if doing them one at a time, this works - copy: src: '{{ item }}' dest: '/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/{{ item }}' with_items: - local_policy.jar - copy: src: '{{ item }}' dest: '/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/{{ item }}' with_items: - US_export_policy.jar #test-nonpriv-works.yml --- - hosts: local become: false tasks: ## if doing them both in the same task without BECOME, this works - copy: src: '{{ item }}' dest: '/home/someuser/tmp/{{ item }}' with_items: - local_policy.jar - US_export_policy.jar The actual command and full failure in the failure mode is: $ ansible-playbook -l local --ask-become-pass -vvvv foobar.yml TASK [java : release the JCE policy restrictions] ****************************** task path: foobar.yml:22 ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: someuser localhost EXEC /bin/sh -c 'sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=weorgfizbirfewrvzcpwtnjxiuiktohq] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-weorgfizbirfewrvzcpwtnjxiuiktohq; rc=flag; [ -r /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar ] || rc=2; [ -f /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar ] || rc=1; [ -d /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar ] && rc=3; python -V 2>/dev/null || rc=4; [ x"$rc" != "xflag" ] && echo "${rc} "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar && exit 0; (python -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'import hashlib; BLOCKSIZE = 65536; hasher = hashlib.sha1(); afile = open("'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'", "rb") buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) while len(buf) > 0: hasher.update(buf) buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) afile.close() print(hasher.hexdigest())'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' 2>/dev/null) || (python -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'import sha; BLOCKSIZE = 65536; hasher = sha.sha(); afile = open("'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'", "rb") buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) while len(buf) > 0: hasher.update(buf) buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) afile.close() print(hasher.hexdigest())'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' 2>/dev/null) || (echo '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'0 '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar)'"'"'' localhost EXEC ( umask 22 && mkdir -p "$( echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1453053635.85-233846757354791 )" && echo "$( echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1453053635.85-233846757354791 )" ) localhost PUT /tmp/tmpcvo1Yk TO /home/someuser/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp- 1453053635.85-233846757354791/file localhost EXEC /bin/sh -c 'sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=liutrhwayfctwttmlspuuylxzbqyplzq] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-liutrhwayfctwttmlspuuylxzbqyplzq; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/someuser/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1453053635.85-233846757354791/file; rm -rf "/home/someuser/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1453053635.85-233846757354791/" > /dev/null 2>&1'"'"'' localhost EXEC /bin/sh -c 'sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=crizpgzqqcagtlqqfzuqygnsypxhvoyt] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-crizpgzqqcagtlqqfzuqygnsypxhvoyt; rc=flag; [ -r /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar ] || rc=2; [ -f /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar ] || rc=1; [ -d /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar ] && rc=3; python -V 2>/dev/null || rc=4; [ x"$rc" != "xflag" ] && echo "${rc} "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar && exit 0; (python -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'import hashlib; BLOCKSIZE = 65536; hasher = hashlib.sha1(); afile = open("'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'", "rb") buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) while len(buf) > 0: hasher.update(buf) buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) afile.close() print(hasher.hexdigest())'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' 2>/dev/null) || (python -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'import sha; BLOCKSIZE = 65536; hasher = sha.sha(); afile = open("'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'", "rb") buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) while len(buf) > 0: hasher.update(buf) buf = afile.read(BLOCKSIZE) afile.close() print(hasher.hexdigest())'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' 2>/dev/null) || (echo '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'0 '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar)'"'"'' fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "ERROR! privilege output closed while waiting for password prompt:\nBECOME-SUCCESS-crizpgzqqcagtlqqfzuqygnsypxhvoyt\nd463cad77a9f7ca30d2eee449d151ffec7209a6b\n" } -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. 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