become_user doesnt work and su - user in ansible shell module just hangs

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Hi all,

Ansible version:

ansible 2.8.0
config file = /ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
ansible python module location = */.virtualenvs/redfish/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
executable location = */.virtualenvs/redfish/bin/ansible
python version = 3.6.9 (default, Oct 29 2019, 10:39:36) [GCC]

I have created few vm’s using ansible. I have to run few commands on those vm’s, as a different user. I am not able to switch to that user using any method. I think it might be some config issue, which I am missing.

Target OS: Rhel 7.6

My task inside my playbook is as follows:

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Shruti,

The default behavior of become is to use sudo, you don’t mention if you checked that sudo as the ansible user works correctly or if it is say, prompting for a password or something that you need to provide.

That may not be your problem but I would start troubleshooting there. Of course you should also try and get verbose output with -vvv when possible but it sounds like it is either waiting for something to time out or for user input so that may not help as much for this specific issue.

Good luck