Can't ping remote server(s) from non-root user

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Colin Byrne

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Dec 14, 2015, 9:18:21 AM12/14/15

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Hey,

So I am just getting started with Ansible, and have been able to ping a remote server with root access, but I am having trouble doing the same without root access. Running with verbose output I get:

ansible all --check -m ping -vvvv -i /usr/local/bin/ansible_comp/hosts_next_version

<server-1> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: joe

<server-1> REMOTE_MODULE ping CHECKMODE=True

<server-1> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/joe/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 server-1 /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1450036007.2-120481441078037 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1450036007.2-120481441078037 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1450036007.2-120481441078037'

<server-1> PUT /var/folders/pt/ld9k57zd2qz4yf6h_7k3c24m0000gp/T/tmpSCboHh TO /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1450036006.88-248428083902840/ping

server-1 | FAILED => failed to transfer file to /home/deploy/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1450036006.88-227828078688673/ping:

Connection closed

If it was any command other than ping it seems obvious enough how to run as the sudo user, which I assume would fix the issue. With ping, I am not sure where to specify that i'd like to run as sudo. Or maybe the issue has nothing to do with sudo access?

Sincere thanks for any help!

Matt Martz

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Dec 14, 2015, 9:42:49 AM12/14/15

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It looks like the SFTP to put a file onto the remote server is failing.

Do you have anything in your profile on the remote side that may be echoing on login? I believe SFTP will have issues if that is the case.

Another option is to try setting `scp_if_ssh = True` in your ansible.cfg under the `[ssh_connection]` section.

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