msg: Aborting, target uses selinux but python bindings (libselinux-python) aren't installed!

[Zhenkai Jiang]

I was trying to use copy module which rely on  libselinux-python when selinux is enabled i think.

The weird thing is I have checked every single environment, they have already have latest libselinux-python installed.....

What can I do now?

Much appreciated.

[Zhenkai Jiang]

some info:

sudo yum install -y libselinux-python

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Package libselinux-python-1.33.4-5.7.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version

Nothing to do

$ ansible --version

ansible 1.7

[Dick Davies]

Are you checking on the nodes you're trying to manage, or on the machine
that has ansible installed?

My guess is you need it on the nodes, so a task above the copy like

- name: install selinux bindings
yum: name=libselinux-python state=present

will push it out before you need to use it.

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[Zhenkai Jiang]

I was checking on the node. and yes, i have tried run playbook like this... But it's still complaining same error while using copy module.

[Michael DeHaan]

The copy module uses the exact same functions for this as other modules.

Could this be a machine where the bindings are yet not installed?

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[satheesh kumar]

Same issue occured, and your solution solved me. thanks!

[Joaquin Menchaca]

I had this issue Ansible 2.6.2 on Fedora 28 system using Ansible local connection.  Doing /usr/bin/dnf install -y libselinux-python fixed it for me.  Thanks.

I wonder why Ansible doesn't install needed prereq?

[Jonathan Lozada De La Matta]

My understanding its because not all systems have selinux enabled so having it as a dependency its not a good idea. Although if you run into this issue the output tells you what it needs.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 10:04 PM Joaquin Menchaca <joaqu...@gmail.com> wrote:

I had this issue Ansible 2.6.2 on Fedora 28 system using Ansible local connection.  Doing /usr/bin/dnf install -y libselinux-python fixed it for me.  Thanks.

I wonder why Ansible doesn't install needed prereq?

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