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community.general.machinectl – Systemd’s machinectl privilege escalation

Note

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.machinectl.

This become plugins allows your remote/login user to execute commands as another user via the machinectl utility.

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
become_exe string	Default: "machinectl"	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_exe = machinectl [machinectl_become_plugin] executable = machinectl env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_EXE var: ansible_become_exe var: ansible_machinectl_exe	Machinectl executable
become_flags string	Default: ""	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_flags = [machinectl_become_plugin] flags = env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_FLAGS var: ansible_become_flags var: ansible_machinectl_flags	Options to pass to machinectl
become_pass string		ini entries: [machinectl_become_plugin] password = None env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_PASS var: ansible_become_password var: ansible_become_pass var: ansible_machinectl_pass	Password for machinectl
become_user string	Default: ""	ini entries: [privilege_escalation] become_user = [machinectl_become_plugin] user = env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER env:ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_USER var: ansible_become_user var: ansible_machinectl_user	User you 'become' to execute the task

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/machinectl_become.html