Ansible hangs when running remote su command via sshpass

[firxiao zhang]

HI:

    

Ansible Version:

[vagrant@master ansible]$ ansible --version

 

ansible 1.9.2

  configured module search path = None

Environment: 

client is same as master.

[vagrant@master ansible]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.6 (Final)

[vagrant@master ansible]$ locale

LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8

LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_NUMERIC="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_TIME="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_MONETARY="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_MESSAGES="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_PAPER="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_NAME="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_ADDRESS="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_TELEPHONE="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_CN.UTF-8"

LC_ALL=

Problem:

when I run like this:

[vagrant@master ansible]$ ansible all -m shell  -a 'whoami' -u vagrant --su  --su-user=root --ask-su-pass -k -vvv 

SSH password:  
SU password[defaults to SSH password]:  
<192.168.33.101> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: vagrant
<192.168.33.101> REMOTE_MODULE command whoami #USE_SHELL
<192.168.33.101> EXEC sshpass -d6 ssh -C -tt -v -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/home/vagrant/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o PubkeyAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.33.101 /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439290735.17-42884376805584 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439290735.17-42884376805584 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439290735.17-42884376805584'
<192.168.33.101> PUT /tmp/tmpqXDswp TO /home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439290735.17-42884376805584/command
<192.168.33.101> EXEC sshpass -d6 ssh -C -tt -v -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/home/vagrant/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o PubkeyAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.33.101 /bin/sh -c 'su root -c "/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-erjxmrwbinqrhshhjhnvurorvvvchdwu; LANG=C LC_CTYPE=C /usr/bin/python /home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439290735.17-42884376805584/command; rm -rf /home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439290735.17-42884376805584/ >/dev/null 2>&1'"'"'"'

 

 it would hang here. and nothing happened.

but after  add "-c paramiko"  it  worked fine.

[vagrant@master ansible]$ ansible all -m shell  -a 'whoami' -u vagrant --su --ask-su-pass  --su-user=root  -k -vvv -c paramiko
SSH password:  
SU password[defaults to SSH password]:  
<192.168.33.101> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: vagrant on PORT 22 TO 192.168.33.101
<192.168.33.101> REMOTE_MODULE command whoami #USE_SHELL
<192.168.33.101> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439291679.85-56991589093799 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439291679.85-56991589093799 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439291679.85-56991589093799'
<192.168.33.101> PUT /tmp/tmpI15Pt9 TO /home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439291679.85-56991589093799/command
<192.168.33.101> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'su root -c "/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-phfsumyntqcookmrpodqpvbtyrngtlgw; LANG=C LC_CTYPE=C /usr/bin/python /home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439291679.85-56991589093799/command; rm -rf /home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1439291679.85-56991589093799/ >/dev/null 2>&1'"'"'"'

node1 | success | rc=0 >>
root

I have try

ansible all -m shell  -a 'whoami' -u vagrant --become --ask-become-pass --become-method=su -k -vvv

it would hang too.

but this worked fine.

ansible all -m shell  -a 'whoami' -u vagrant --become --ask-become-pass --become-method=su -k -vvv -c paramiko

does "su command" can't work with sshpass ? or this is a bug ?

thanks

[rakeshk...@gmail.com]

After struggling a lot with ansible getting hung  I bumped up on this post and tried passing "-c paramiko" and it worked for me as well. Thanks for the post.

I have the same query whether it is a bug or as designed ?