# Curl & bash does not work (Newbie Question) **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** playbook\ **Created:** [October 24, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914 "2023-10-24T14:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/1 "2023-10-24T14:31:25Z")
Newbie question: I have this string that should run in ansible: `curl --silent https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/master/install.sh | bash` I can not get it working! Download works: `- name: Download File` ` ansible.builtin.get_url:` ` url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/master/install.sh` ` dest: /tmp/install.sh` ` mode: '0755'` Execution does not work (command nor script): `- name: execute script...` ` command: bash "/tmp/install.sh"` ` ignore_errors: true` ---
**Author:** ![Kevinwincott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kevinwincott](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kevinwincott)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/2 "2023-10-24T15:59:38Z")
> [@RJGhugo](#): > > [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/master/install.sh](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/master/install.sh) can you share some more information? things like: - whole playbook (where possible) - enviroment - any errors ---
**Author:** ![valkiriaaquatica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/valkiriaaquatica/32/1308_2.png) [@valkiriaaquatica](https://forum.ansible.com/u/valkiriaaquatica)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/3 "2023-10-24T21:10:10Z")
You want to execute in remote host or in localhost? You checked that the download succeed and it exists? Cna you share the error? ---
**Author:** ![ptn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ptn/32/481_2.png) [@ptn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ptn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/4 "2023-10-25T07:22:18Z")
Hi, TO complete @Kevinwincott and @valkiriaaquatica answers (we need the error message at least !), I would suggest you use [script module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/script_module.html) instead of command, which would be a better fit here anyway. ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/5 "2023-10-25T07:27:05Z")
# nachbearbeitung.yaml * * * - hosts: notebook` ` roles:` ` - nachbearbeitung` `# main.yaml` `---` `# Autoupdate` `- name: Script holen` ` get_url:` ` url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/master/install.sh` ` dest: /tmp/` ` mode: '0755'` `- name: Autoupdate installieren` **` become: yes`** ` command: bash /tmp/install.sh` ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/6 "2023-10-25T07:28:39Z")
# Output **without become: yes** ```auto PLAY [notebook] **************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************* [WARNING]: Platform linux on host notebook is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python3.11, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change the meaning of that path. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible- core/2.15/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information. ok: [notebook] TASK [nachbearbeitung : Script holen] ****************************************** ok: [notebook] TASK [nachbearbeitung : Autoupdate installieren] ******************************* fatal: [notebook]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["bash", "/tmp/install.sh"], "delta": "0:05:02.058847", "end": "2023-10-25 09:15:51.770777", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2023-10-25 09:10:49.711930", "stderr": "sudo: timed out reading password\nsudo: a password is required", "stderr_lines": ["sudo: timed out reading password", "sudo: a password is required"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []} PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************* notebook : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/7 "2023-10-25T07:29:15Z")
# Output **with become: yes** ```auto PLAY [notebook] **************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************* [WARNING]: Platform linux on host notebook is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python3.11, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change the meaning of that path. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible- core/2.15/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information. ok: [notebook] TASK [nachbearbeitung : Script holen] ****************************************** ok: [notebook] TASK [nachbearbeitung : Autoupdate installieren] ******************************* fatal: [notebook]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["bash", "/tmp/install.sh"], "delta": "0:00:00.642764", "end": "2023-10-25 09:22:07.108811", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2023-10-25 09:22:06.466047", "stderr": "makePackage: ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent,\ncatastrophic damage to your system.", "stderr_lines": ["makePackage: ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent,", "catastrophic damage to your system."], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []} PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************* notebook : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/8 "2023-10-25T07:31:36Z")
Hello Kevinwincott, hello Fernando, thanks for replying. The script is running on Arch Linux (Linux notebook 6.5.8-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT\_DYNAMIC Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:52:14 +0000 x86\_64 GNU/Linux ). ---
**Author:** ![valkiriaaquatica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/valkiriaaquatica/32/1308_2.png) [@valkiriaaquatica](https://forum.ansible.com/u/valkiriaaquatica)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/9 "2023-10-25T07:37:14Z")
Hi!! Tanks for shharing. 1. Output **without become: yes** In the output you can see that ansible is asking for the sudo password (probably you didint wrote it in the inventory) or you can do in the command line with the -K parameter and ansible will prompt a Become pass: you password . For example, ansible-playbook youPlaybook -i yourInventroy -K after executing that ansible will prompt a Become pass: where you enter your password ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/10 "2023-10-25T07:39:15Z")
Sorry, this is how I run it: `ansible-playbook -i HOSTS 'nachbearbeitung.yaml' -u "$benutzer" --ask-become-pass` ---
**Author:** ![valkiriaaquatica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/valkiriaaquatica/32/1308_2.png) [@valkiriaaquatica](https://forum.ansible.com/u/valkiriaaquatica)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/11 "2023-10-25T07:41:22Z")
1. Output **with become: yes** Ansible is telling you that makepkg cant be execue being root ☹ Solutions: 1. If you have accsss to the script and you can modify it, you can try avoiding being root for executing it and try again. ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/12 "2023-10-25T07:41:25Z")
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: NoneType: None fatal: [notebook]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 1, “stderr”: “Shared connection to notebook closed.\r\n”, “stderr\_lines”: [“Shared connection to notebook closed.”], “stdout”: “\r\nmakePackage: ==\> **ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed** as it can cause permanent,\r\ncatastrophic damage to your system.\r\n”, “stdout\_lines”: [“”, “makePackage: ==\> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent,”, “catastrophic damage to your system.”]} ---
**Author:** ![valkiriaaquatica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/valkiriaaquatica/32/1308_2.png) [@valkiriaaquatica](https://forum.ansible.com/u/valkiriaaquatica)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/13 "2023-10-25T07:42:14Z")
Try with this: 1. ansible-playbook -i HOSTS ‘nachbearbeitung.yaml’ -u “$benutzer” --ask-become-pass -k 2. ansible-playbook -i HOSTS ‘nachbearbeitung.yaml’ -u “$benutzer” --ask-become-pass -K ---
**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/14 "2023-10-25T08:28:29Z")
Just a moderator’s note for the future, @RJGhugo, I’ve edited your outputs to use a code block (using ```), it makes that much easier to read - please consider using code blocks in future posts! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![gotmax23](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gotmax23/32/106_2.png) [@gotmax23](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gotmax23)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/15 "2023-10-25T16:32:51Z")
Welcome to the forum! You might be in [GitHub - kewlfft/ansible-aur: Ansible module to manage packages from the AUR](https://github.com/kewlfft/ansible-aur) which provides an ansible module to interact with the AUR and various AUR helpers or `makepkg` directly instead of your current script. In any case, you should be able to make this work by setting up an unprivileged user with password-less sudo access. There’s [a section](https://github.com/kewlfft/ansible-aur#create-the-aur_builder-user) in `kwelfft.aur`’s documentation explaining how to do this. That applies whether you use your current approach or the `kewlfft.aur.aur` module. ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/16 "2023-11-01T16:29:56Z")
Thanks for your help. I decided to just download the script in Ansible and run it manually… `name: Autoupdate holen` `copy:` `src: update` `dest: "~/update"` `mode: '0755'` [https://github.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/issues/30](https://github.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/issues/30) ---
**Author:** ![RJGhugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rjghugo/32/1311_2.png) [@RJGhugo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RJGhugo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/17 "2023-12-13T19:46:39Z")
[https://github.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/issues/30](https://github.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/issues/30) This means `ansible` doesn’t allow to run a command as a normal user with `sudo -E -u nobody [command]`, which seems rather an issue with `ansible` itself. I would ask the `ansible` developers first. And if they are unwilling to fix the issue, reopen this report. Also right now I don’t see how this issue could be fixed here, as `pacman-auto-update.service` is run as a system service, hence it runs compulsory with `root` privileges. So it looks like the only non messy way of running `makepkg` is how it is done right now, by deescalating permissions for that particular command. Which `ansible` doesn’t support. ---
**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/curl-bash-does-not-work-newbie-question/1914/18 "2023-12-13T20:17:50Z")
The script at this url `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmuench/pacman-auto-update/master/install.sh` is short and looks fairly simple, if I were you I’d rewrite it using Ansible.