win_shell cmd parsing domain\usernmame issue

[John Veliss]

Hello, 

I am trying to use the win_shell module to run a script which includes the username parameter.

- name: Execute {{ set_wmi}} to capture the existing user accounts for WMI security for the root namespace
win_shell: .\set-WmiNamespaceSecurity.ps1 root add "domain\username_sls" Enable,RemoteAccess,Methodexecute
args:
chdir: "{{ temp }}"
register: set_wminamespace

The result always seems to be "account not found". I am not sure if it is trying to always pass the \\ as part of the username.

If anyone can help or advise here, that would be much appreciated as I think I have tried username@domain, also I have tried to use variables instead of the actual account. Tried single and double quotes, everything results in account not found.

TASK [Execute Set-WmiNamespaceSecurity.ps1 to capture the existing user accounts for WMI security for the root namespace] ***
Wednesday 10 May 2023  06:06:09 +0000 (0:00:00.062)       0:00:46.653 *********
fatal: [xxyzwappf0013.domain]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ".\\\\set-WmiNamespaceSecurity.ps1 root add \\"domain\\\\username_sls\\" Enable,RemoteAccess,Methodexecute", "delta": "0:00:01.203183", "end": "2023-05-10 06:06:13.528524", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2023-05-10 06:06:12.325341", "stderr": "Account was not found: domain\\\\username_sls\\r\\nAt C:\\\\temp\\\\wmi\\\\Set-WmiNamespaceSecurity.ps1:138 char:9\\r\\n+         throw \\"Account was not found: $account\\"\\r\\n+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\r\\n    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Account was not...username \\r\\n   _sls:String) [], RuntimeException\\r\\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Account was not found: domain\\\\username_sls", "stderr_lines": ["Account was not found: domain\\\\username_sls", "At C:\\\\temp\\\\wmi\\\\Set-WmiNamespaceSecurity.ps1:138 char:9", "+         throw \\"Account was not found: $account\\"", "+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~", "    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Account was not...username ", "   _sls:String) [], RuntimeException", "    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Account was not found: domain\\\\username_sls"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}
...ignoring

[Kevin Knox]

I have never done WMI through Ansible. My role does not require it of me. That said, it looks like you are running a script already installed on the target box. If that's correct, can you output the exact value of the $account variable? I believe that would tell you what your input variable needs to look like. 

Kevin