apt fails with root privileges

[hamzeh alsalhi]

When I try to run the command:

  - name: update apt-get

    apt: update_cache=yes

I get:

msg: Failed to lock apt for exclusive operation

Even though my users are configured 

---

- hosts: ec2

  remote_user: ubuntu

  sudo_user: ubuntu

  sudo: yes

  gather_facts: true

  tasks:

and I can ssh into the machine on user ubuntu and execute apt-get update just fine.

ubuntu@ip-172-31-29-77:~$ sudo apt-get update

....

Fetched 1,829 kB in 1s (917 kB/s)

Reading package lists... Done

how I can I use Ansible to execute this command as the user ubuntu successfully?

[Brian Coca]

sudo_user is the user you become, not the user executing sudo, remove
it and it will default to root or set sudo_user: root

I know this is confusing if you know about the sudo environment
variables that is why we deprecated this syntax in favor of
become_user: in newer versions.


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Brian Coca