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enable – Switch to elevated permissions on a network device

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Status

Synopsis

This become plugins allows elevated permissions on a remote network device.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
become_pass -		ini entries: [enable_become_plugin] password = VALUE env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS env:ANSIBLE_ENABLE_PASS var: ansible_become_password var: ansible_become_pass var: ansible_enable_pass	password

Notes

Note

enable is really implemented in the network connection handler and as such can only be used with network connections.
This plugin ignores the ‘become_exe’ and ‘become_user’ settings as it uses an API and not an executable.

Status

This become is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This become is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

ansible (@core)

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Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/plugins/become/enable.html