# become not working in 2.7? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Created:** [October 25, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-not-working-in-2-7/28868 "2018-10-25T13:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mike\_Mester](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Mester)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-not-working-in-2-7/28868/1 "2018-10-25T13:52:32Z")
Hi All, Im working with a role that I need to switch from root to an unprivledged user to execute a shell script. I have become and become\_user as part of the task but it appears its still running as root. I tried running the task with the command module, shell module, with and without the become\_method. All seem to have the same results. Am i missing something obvious here? ```auto - block: - name: Install Flink on Edge Node get_url: url: http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/apache/flink/flink-1.6.1/flink-1.6.1-bin-scala_2.11.tgz dest: /root/flink-1.6.1-bin-scala_2.11.tgz - name: Create Flink HDFS ha directories command: hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /flink/ha become: true become_user: hdfs - name: Create Flink HDFS checkpoint directories command: hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /flink-checkpoints become: true become_user: hdfs - name: Install Flink to /opt/flink-1.6.1 unarchive: src: /root/flink-1.6.1-bin-scala_2.11.tgz dest: /opt/ remote_src: yes - name: Copy Flink configuration template template: src: flink.conf.j2 dest: /opt/flink-1.6.1/conf/flink-conf.yaml - name: Copy Shell Script to start yarn session template: src: flink_start.sh.j2 dest: /opt/flink-1.6.1/bin/flink_start.sh mode: 0755 - name: Create Flink Yarn Session shell: /opt/flink-1.6.1/bin/flink_start.sh "{{ flink_number_containers }}" "{{ flink_taskmanager_memory }}" "{{ flink_slots_taskmanager}}" args: chdir: /home/hdfs become: true become_user: hdfs register: flink_session run_once: true delegate_to: "{{ groups.edge_nodes[0] }}" ``` and the debug ` TASK [apache-flink : Create Flink HDFS checkpoint directories] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /automation/playbooks/roles/apache-flink/tasks/main.yml:22 \<10.83.35.167\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root \<10.83.35.167\> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“./asi-lab.pem”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=60 -o ControlPath=/Users/micmeste/.ansible/cp/e252cd154c 10.83.35.167 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’“‘echo ~root && sleep 0’”’“‘’ \<10.83.35.167\> (0, ‘/root\n’, ‘’) \<10.83.35.167\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root \<10.83.35.167\> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile=”./asi-lab.pem"’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=60 -o ControlPath=/Users/micmeste/.ansible/cp/e252cd154c 10.83.35.167 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823`” && echo ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823=“`echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823`” ) && sleep 0’“'”‘’ \<10.83.35.167\> (0, ‘ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823=/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823\n’, ‘’) Using module file /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py \<10.83.35.167\> PUT /Users/micmeste/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-78368NihPYh/tmpSqPhfV TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823/AnsiballZ\_command.py \<10.83.35.167\> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“./asi-lab.pem”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=60 -o ControlPath=/Users/micmeste/.ansible/cp/e252cd154c ‘[10.83.35.167]’ \<10.83.35.167\> (0, ‘sftp\> put /Users/micmeste/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-78368NihPYh/tmpSqPhfV /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823/AnsiballZ\_command.py\n’, ‘’) \<10.83.35.167\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root \<10.83.35.167\> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“./asi-lab.pem”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=60 -o ControlPath=/Users/micmeste/.ansible/cp/e252cd154c 10.83.35.167 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’“‘chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823/AnsiballZ\_command.py && sleep 0’”’“‘’ \<10.83.35.167\> (0, ‘’, ‘’) \<10.83.35.167\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root \<10.83.35.167\> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o 'IdentityFile=”./asi-lab.pem"’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=60 -o ControlPath=/Users/micmeste/.ansible/cp/e252cd154c -tt 10.83.35.167 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’/usr/bin/python /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823/AnsiballZ\_command.py && sleep 0’“'”‘’ \<10.83.35.167\> (1, ‘\r\n{“changed”: true, “end”: “2018-10-25 13:36:22.961658”, “stdout”: “”, “cmd”: [“hdfs”, “dfs”, “-mkdir”, “-p”, “/flink-checkpoints”], “failed”: true, “delta”: “0:00:02.138485”, “stderr”: “mkdir: Permission denied: user=root, access=WRITE, inode=\”/\“:hdfs:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x”, “rc”: 1, “invocation”: {“module\_args”: {“warn”: true, “executable”: null, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “\_raw\_params”: “hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /flink-checkpoints”, “removes”: null, “argv”: null, “creates”: null, “chdir”: null, “stdin”: null}}, “start”: “2018-10-25 13:36:20.823173”, “msg”: “non-zero return code”}\r\n’, ‘Shared connection to 10.83.35.167 closed.\r\n’) \<10.83.35.167\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root \<10.83.35.167\> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“./asi-lab.pem”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=60 -o ControlPath=/Users/micmeste/.ansible/cp/e252cd154c 10.83.35.167 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’“‘rm -f -r /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540474583.97-25937497497823/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’”’"‘’ \<10.83.35.167\> (0, ‘’, ‘’) fatal: [vm-green-mgr-3.local → 10.83.35.167]: FAILED! =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “hdfs”, “dfs”, “-mkdir”, “-p”, “/flink-checkpoints” ], “delta”: “0:00:02.138485”, “end”: “2018-10-25 13:36:22.961658”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /flink-checkpoints”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2018-10-25 13:36:20.823173”, “stderr”: “mkdir: Permission denied: user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/":hdfs:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x”, “stderr\_lines”: [ “mkdir: Permission denied: user=root, access=WRITE, inode="/":hdfs:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x” ], “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: } `