# Issue | sudo su - | ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [June 5, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290 "2021-06-05T12:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jatinder_Jawanda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/1 "2021-06-05T12:57:52Z")
Is it possible to run “ **sudo su -** ” in ansible with non-root user ```auto - name: test hosts: example.com gather_facts: false any_errors_fatal: true become: true become_exe: "sudo su - " become_method: su remote_user: test_user tasks: - name: check the user after sudo shell: whoami register: whoami - debug: msg: "{{ whoami }}" Regards, Jatinder Jawanda ``` ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/2 "2021-06-05T13:01:03Z")
Hi, this is supported with the community.general.sudosu become plugin: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/sudosu\_become.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/sudosu_become.html) Cheers, Felix ---
**Author:** ![Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jatinder_Jawanda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/3 "2021-06-05T13:08:21Z")
Hey Felix, I was looking at this documentation and not sure how to use it. Is it possible if you can share a working code. I tried this below with this plugin but I was not able to make it run. **ansible [example.com](http://example.com) -i inventory/example -m shell -a “whoami” -e “ansible\_ssh\_pass=test@123” -e “ansible\_sudo\_pass=test@123” -u test\_user -b -e “ansible\_become\_method=sudosu” -e -e “ansible\_become\_exe=sudo su -”** In sudoers I have following **test\_user ALL=(root) /bin/su -** Regards, Jatinder Jawanda ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/4 "2021-06-05T13:13:04Z")
Hi Jatinder, have you tried `ansible_become_method=community.general.sudosu` instead of `ansible_become_method=sudosu`? The later will definitely not work, since `sudosu` is not that old that it still has a short name. (Besides that, I haven't used it, so I unfortunately cannot share working code.) Cheers, Felix ---
**Author:** ![Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jatinder_Jawanda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/5 "2021-06-05T13:26:19Z")
Nope, its not working !! **ansible [example.com](http://example.com) -i inventory/example -m shell -a “whoami” -e “ansible\_ssh\_pass=test@123” -e “ansible\_sudo\_pass=test@123” -u test\_user -b -e "ansible\_become\_method=community.general.sudosu** FAILED! =\> { “changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “Shared connection to [example.com](http://example.com) closed.\r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “\r\n”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1 } Regards, Jatinder Jawanda ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/6 "2021-06-05T16:05:14Z")
Hi Jatinder, it would be interesting to see more debug output. Have you tried running ansible additionally with `-vvv`? Best, Felix ---
**Author:** ![Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jatinder_Jawanda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/7 "2021-06-05T16:33:08Z")
Here are the debug logs. **ansible localhost -m ping -u test\_user --become -e “ansible\_ssh\_pass=test@123” -e “ansible\_sudo\_pass=test@123” -e “ansible\_become\_method=community.general.sudosu” -vvvv** META: ran handlers \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: test\_user \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~test\_user && sleep 0’ \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /home/test_user/.ansible/tmp`”&& mkdir /home/test\_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164 && echo ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164=“`echo /home/test_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /opt/dma/.venv\_ansible/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/ping.py \<127.0.0.1\> PUT /home/test\_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-29579YwKbAR/tmpfCP59y TO /home/test\_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164/AnsiballZ\_ping.py \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /home/test\_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164/ /home/test\_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164/AnsiballZ\_ping.py && sleep 0’ \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘sudo -H -S -p “[sudo via ansible, key=gouhehrxcdmgfhcjdbeadtdpeciznpks] password:” su -l root /bin/sh -c ‘"’“‘echo BECOME-SUCCESS-gouhehrxcdmgfhcjdbeadtdpeciznpks ; /opt/dma/.venv\_ansible/bin/python /home/test\_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164/AnsiballZ\_ping.py’”’"’ && sleep 0’ \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /home/test\_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1622910467.15-29606-264197614406164/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ localhost | FAILED! =\> { “changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1 } Regards, Jatinder Jawanda ---
**Author:** ![Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jatinder\_Jawanda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jatinder_Jawanda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-sudo-su-ansible/35290/8 "2021-06-05T16:40:59Z")
Furthermore, If I make a change in sudeors like below then --become-method=sudo also starts working. Before: test\_user ALL=(root) /bin/su - After: test\_user ALL=(root) /bin/su Regards, Jatinder Jawanda