Ansible: Pbrun not able to execute

Question

I have the below inventory file

[server]
abc.com
[server:vars]
ansible_user="user1"
ansible_ssh_pass="pwd"
ansible_pbrun_exe="pbrun"
ansible_pbrun_password="pqa"
ansible_pbrun_user="root"

and the playbook file

---
- name: Upgrade Java Version to all the hosts
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: run simple command
      shell: java -version 2>&1 | grep version | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/"//g'
      register: javav
      
    - name: remove the currently installed java
      become: true
      become_method: "pbrun"
      shell: |
        mv /usr/bin/java  ~/bckup_java_exe
        mv /usr/java/ ~/bckup_java

Now when I run the ansible playbook it connects to the ssh host and is also able to run the java -version .. command successfully but not able to run the mv command as it needs pbrun

when I remove become: true from playbook it shows Permission error

```
: Permission denied", "mv: cannot move `/usr/java/' to
````

And when I do not remove become: true it gives some other error, and it is not working either

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '21 at 14:20

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I do not see that you have set become_method: pbrun anywhere. This is required.

answered Sep 22 '21 at 14:20

Michael Hampton

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I have added become_method: pbrun into the playbook but still getting error permission denied – Rajarshi Das Sep 22 '21 at 14:31
if I have added become true and become_method: pbrun then – Rajarshi Das Sep 22 '21 at 14:33
"module_stdout": "No user specified!\r\r\nSorry, your request is not allowed: No access configured on Request rejected by pbmasterd on .\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 127} I get this error – Rajarshi Das Sep 22 '21 at 14:33
@RajarshiDas It looks like you don't have access, then. You should talk to the appropriate people in your company to get the correct access. – Michael Hampton Sep 22 '21 at 14:40
Thanks for comments but in manually I can able to access root through pbrun – Rajarshi Das Sep 22 '21 at 14:58
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Michael the solution is become_flags: 'sa'. I ran pbrun sa -u root but thanks for your help – Rajarshi Das Sep 23 '21 at 15:34
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@RajarshiDas You should tick your own answer because it contains the correct solution. – Michael Hampton Sep 23 '21 at 20:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '21 at 15:35

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The solution i have found is below

  become: "yes"
  become_method: "pbrun"
  become_user: "root"
  become_flags: "sa"

as we ran pbrun sa -u root

also do not forget to set ansible_become_pass into inventory file or --ask-become-pass

thanks

answered Sep 23 '21 at 15:35

Rajarshi Das

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Ansible: Pbrun not able to execute

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