# How can I appropriately pass this command through?  - unsupported parameter.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-appropriately-pass-this-command-through-unsupported-parameter/21474>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 18, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-appropriately-pass-this-command-through-unsupported-parameter/21474 "2016-05-18T13:30:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luke\_Guerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Luke\_Guerry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luke_Guerry)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-appropriately-pass-this-command-through-unsupported-parameter/21474/1 "2016-05-18T13:30:53Z")

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I’ve been trying different methods, and trying to escape the characters '', but I cannot seem to figure out how to pass this whole command through.

I haven’t really turned up anything online either.

I’ve tested the command locally on my admin server and it works as stated, but not with ansible.

ansible dns-servers -m shell -s -a “auditctl -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S fchownat -F auid\>=500 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm\_mod”

[dns001.polly.com](http://dns001.polly.com) | FAILED | rc=0 \>\>

unsupported parameter for module: auid\>

Thanks for any assistance.

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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-appropriately-pass-this-command-through-unsupported-parameter/21474/2 "2016-05-19T12:24:35Z")

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I had to quote a equal sign when using ad-hoc commands against a  
freebsd host. Also try single quotes instead of double quotes just to  
rule out the controller's shell interfering...

Johannes