Not able to change runlevel in /etc/inittab using aix_inittab module

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Hi,

I am new to Ansible and this is my first post on this community.
I am trying to use “aix_inittab” module and this is how my playbook looks like:

  • name: Change runlevel
    aix_inittab:
    name: myservice
    runlevel: 4
    action: once
    command: “echo hello”
    state: present
    become: yes

When I run this playbook with “vvvv” verbosity, I get following message:

TASK [prerequisites : Change runlevel ] *******************************************************
task path: /home/anurag/myplatform/roles/prerequisites/tasks/main.yml:1
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/aix_inittab.py
<X.X.X.100> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansibleremote on PORT 22 TO X.X.X.100
<X.X.X.100> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~ && sleep 0’
<X.X.X.100> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “echo /home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702” && echo ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702=“echo /home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702” ) && sleep 0’
<X.X.X.100> PUT /tmp/tmp5KB4ge TO /home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702/aix_inittab.py
<X.X.X.100> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702/ /home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702/aix_inittab.py && sleep 0’
<X.X.X.100> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘sudo -H -S -p “[sudo via ansible, key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '”’“‘echo BECOME-SUCCESS-zcfmpkdtgpljntitegpuwtpsvbcuznbv; /usr/bin/python /home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702/aix_inittab.py; rm -rf “/home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1516280197.57-204938815314702/” > /dev/null 2>&1’”‘"’ && sleep 0’
The full traceback is:
File “/tmp/ansible_teqxIC/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py”, line 2762, in run_command
cmd = subprocess.Popen(args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py”, line 639, in init
errread, errwrite)
File “/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py”, line 1228, in _execute_child
raise child_exception

fatal: [X.X.X.100]: FAILED! => {
“changed”: false,
“cmd”: “‘iptables:4:once:echo hello’”,
“invocation”: {
“module_args”: {
“action”: “once”,
“command”: “echo hello”,
“insertafter”: null,
“name”: “iptables”,
“runlevel”: “4”,
“state”: “present”
}
},
“msg”: “[Errno 2] No such file or directory”,
“rc”: 2
}

While on remote machine following folder was created in /home/ansibleremote/.ansible/tmp directory:
ansible-tmp-1516280125.08-11821906762904

and it contained one file named setup.py

This folder is different from what ansible was trying to create.

What am I missing here? I tried the same with root user without any success.
Please let me know if more information is required.

Regards,
Anurag Berdia

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Guys,
Appreciate any help on this.

Thanks,
Anurag Berdia

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not sure you can do that, iirc it requires an actual command, not a
shell builtin