yam syntax error but actually not

[Steve Kieu]

Hi all,

ansible complian about these

- name: allow group wheel to run sudo with password

  shell: "perl -i.bak -pe 's|^# \%wheel[\s\\t]+ALL\=\(ALL\)[\s\\t]+NOPASSWD|\%wheel        ALL\=(ALL\)       NOPASSWD|g' /etc/sudoers creates=/etc/sudoers.bak"

yaml lint syntax check go green :-)

ansible says:

ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, /etc/ansible/localhost/roles/base/tasks/05-usersetup.yml

Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 11, column 34

- name: allow group wheel to run sudo with password

  shell: "perl -i.bak -pe 's|^# \%wheel[\s\\t]+ALL\=\(ALL\)[\s\\t]+NOPASSWD|\%wheel        ALL\=(ALL\)       NOPASSWD|g' /etc/sudoers creates=/etc/sudoers.bak"

I think it mis understand some characters there but not sure what.  Any idea?

Kind regards

[James Martin]

Using the shell module to call perl to replace text in a file is jumping through a lot of hoops.  Ansible aims for simple.  I'd recommend using the template module (http://docs.ansible.com/template_module.html) and template out the whole sudoers file.  If you must replace text, use the replace module:  http://docs.ansible.com/replace_module.html.   In either case I'd recommend you use the "validate" option, so you can ensure the sudoers file has the proper syntax and you don't lock yourself out of the box.

- James

[Steve Kieu]

Using the shell module to call perl to replace text in a file is jumping through a lot of hoops.  Ansible aims for simple.  I'd recommend using the template module (http://docs.ansible.com/template_module.html) and template out the whole sudoers file.  If you must

I already switch to use the template: module sfor it, just see it is strange.

It should work but not work as expected. I hope we found some bug somewhere and clean it up.

 

replace text, use the replace module:  http://docs.ansible.com/replace_module.html.   In either case I'd recommend you use the "validate" option, so you can ensure the sudoers file has the proper syntax and you don't lock yourself out of the box.

- James

On Saturday, November 22, 2014 6:19:07 PM UTC-5, Steve Kieu wrote:

Hi all,

ansible complian about these

- name: allow group wheel to run sudo with password

  shell: "perl -i.bak -pe 's|^# \%wheel[\s\\t]+ALL\=\(ALL\)[\s\\t]+NOPASSWD|\%wheel        ALL\=(ALL\)       NOPASSWD|g' /etc/sudoers creates=/etc/sudoers.bak"

yaml lint syntax check go green :-)

ansible says:

ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, /etc/ansible/localhost/roles/base/tasks/05-usersetup.yml

Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 11, column 34

- name: allow group wheel to run sudo with password

  shell: "perl -i.bak -pe 's|^# \%wheel[\s\\t]+ALL\=\(ALL\)[\s\\t]+NOPASSWD|\%wheel        ALL\=(ALL\)       NOPASSWD|g' /etc/sudoers creates=/etc/sudoers.bak"

I think it mis understand some characters there but not sure what.  Any idea?

Kind regards

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[Michael DeHaan]

Quoting issues can be fun.

I'm a bit too low on caffeine to find it at the moment, but you could also consider the script module to make it easier.

I like the more native module approach for sure though, which makes things much more readable.

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