# MODULE FAILURE when adding "become: true" to a task **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 4, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-failure-when-adding-become-true-to-a-task/37854 "2023-04-04T22:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shubham\_Shrivastav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shubham\_Shrivastav](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shubham_Shrivastav)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-failure-when-adding-become-true-to-a-task/37854/1 "2023-04-04T22:02:28Z")
Hi team, I’m trying to install an rpm package to OpenSUSE OS config: NAME=“SLES” VERSION=“12-SP4” VERSION\_ID=“12.4” PRETTY\_NAME=“SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4” ID=“sles” ANSI\_COLOR=“0;32” CPE\_NAME=“cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp4” I’m able to copy it successfully: - name: Copy promtail rpm file to server ansible.builtin.copy: src: rpm/promtail-2.7.4.x86\_64.rpm dest: /tmp/promtail-2.7.4.x86\_64.rpm But installation doesn’t work for me - name: Install promtail package locally community.general.zypper: name: /tmp/promtail-2.7.4.x86\_64.rpm state: present FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “cmd”: [“/usr/bin/zypper”, “–quiet”, “–non-interactive”, “–xmlout”, “install”, “–type”, “package”, “–auto-agree-with-licenses”, “–no-recommends”, “–”, “/tmp/promtail-2.7.4.x86\_64.rpm”], “msg”: “Zypper run command failed with return code 5.”, “rc”: 5, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “\\n\n\Root privileges are required for installing or uninstalling packages.\n\n”, “stdout\_lines”: [“\”, “”, “\Root privileges are required for installing or uninstalling packages.”, “”]} When I run it without become: true I get the below error asking me to sudo **Root privileges are required for installing or uninstalling packages** When I add become, it gives me MODULE error: “module\_stderr”: “OpenSSH\_8.6p1, LibreSSL 3.3.6\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /Users/sshrivastava/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh\_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh\_config line 21: include /etc/ssh/ssh\_config.d/\* matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh\_config line 54: Applying options for \*\r\ndebug2: resolve\_canonicalize: hostname 10.43.50.132 is address\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile ‘~/.ssh/known\_hosts’ → ‘/Users/sshrivastava/.ssh/known\_hosts’\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile ‘~/.ssh/known\_hosts2’ → ‘/Users/sshrivastava/.ssh/known\_hosts2’\r\ndebug1: Authenticator provider $SSH\_SK\_PROVIDER did not resolve; disabling\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O\_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux\_client\_hello\_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_alive: done pid = 82404\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux\_client\_request\_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_read\_packet: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 1\r\nShared connection to 10.43.50.132 closed.\r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1 } These errors are vague and I have no idea what’s happening. I also tried this on the service module in ansible: - name: Enabling promtail service ansible.builtin.service: name: sshd state: started enabled: yes become: true Ended up getting the same error fatal: : FAILED! =\> { “changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “OpenSSH\_8.6p1, LibreSSL 3.3.6\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /Users/sshrivastava/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh\_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh\_config line 21: include /etc/ssh/ssh\_config.d/\* matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh\_config line 54: Applying options for \*\r\ndebug2: resolve\_canonicalize: hostname is address\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile ‘~/.ssh/known\_hosts’ → ‘/Users/sshrivastava/.ssh/known\_hosts’\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile ‘~/.ssh/known\_hosts2’ → ‘/Users/sshrivastava/.ssh/known\_hosts2’\r\ndebug1: Authenticator provider $SSH\_SK\_PROVIDER did not resolve; disabling\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O\_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux\_client\_hello\_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_alive: done pid = 82912\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_request\_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux\_client\_request\_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux\_client\_read\_packet: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 1\r\nShared connection to closed.\r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1 } Seems this might be an OS compatibility issue. It works on other platforms just not OpenSUSE. I am able to run these commands successfully on the remote server using sudo. Not sure where the problem is. Below are the Specifications: Remote python version: 3.4 and 2.7 (currently using 2.7) ansible\_python\_interpreter=/usr/bin/python Workstation ansible version: ansible [core 2.14.4] config file = /Users/sshrivastava/work/ansible/ansible/promtail/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/Users/sshrivastava/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/7.4.0/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /Users/sshrivastava/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections executable location = /opt/homebrew/bin/ansible python version = 3.11.2 (main, Mar 24 2023, 00:13:59) [Clang 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)] (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ansible/7.4.0/libexec/bin/python3.11) jinja version = 3.1.2 libyaml = True ---
**Author:** ![Sachin\_Yadav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sachin\_Yadav](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sachin_Yadav)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-failure-when-adding-become-true-to-a-task/37854/2 "2023-04-10T08:35:13Z")
use **become\_user= root**