# Solaris and pfexec, not working? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 12, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-and-pfexec-not-working/19748 "2015-11-12T15:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thomas.willert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b2d939/32.png) [@thomas.willert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thomas.willert)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-and-pfexec-not-working/19748/1 "2015-11-12T15:34:13Z")
Hi, I am not able to get the “ping” modules working when using privilege escalation on Solaris 11. I am using Ansible 1.9.4 from a CentOS 7.1 control machine: `$ ansible --version ansible 1.9.4 configured module search path = None $ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)` Remote server ‘server1’ is Solaris 11.1: ` -bash-4.1$ uname -a SunOS dbservere4 5.11 11.1 sun4v sparc sun4v ` On the remote server ‘server1’ the account used to establish the SSH connection with has ‘pfexec’ privilges to become ‘root’: ` -bash-4.1$ pfexec id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) ` Can someone help me understand why this is not working? ` $ ANSIBLE\_BECOME=True ANSIBLE\_BECOME\_METHOD=pfexec ansible server1 -m ping server1 | FAILED =\> Internal Error: this module does not support running commands via pfexec ` Thanks, Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-and-pfexec-not-working/19748/2 "2015-11-13T06:56:04Z")
1.9 had a skeleton for pfexec support but we never got to test it, it is now available in 2.0 which is current devel and close to release. If you really want to test with 1.9, you need to update the following in the ssh.py or paramiko\_ssh.py connection plugin (whichever you are using). self.become\_methods\_supported=['sudo', 'su', 'pbrun'] should look like: self.become\_methods\_supported=['sudo', 'su', 'pbrun', 'pfexec'] ---
**Author:** ![thomas.willert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b2d939/32.png) [@thomas.willert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thomas.willert)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-and-pfexec-not-working/19748/3 "2015-11-13T09:12:48Z")
Hi Brian, thanks for the ‘pfexec’ hints. I tried both changing my Ansible 1.9 files and also tried using Ansible 2.0.0 0.4.beta2. The error messages I now get are similiar although not quiet identical. They both contain “No such file or directory”: ` Ansible 1.9.4 ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-and-pfexec-not-working/19748/4 "2015-11-13T16:11:04Z")
does ping work w/o pfexec? ---
**Author:** ![thomas.willert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b2d939/32.png) [@thomas.willert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thomas.willert)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-and-pfexec-not-working/19748/5 "2015-11-16T07:35:25Z")
Yes, ping works fine without the Privilege Escalation “pfexec”: ` [willert@localhost ~]$ ansible dbservere4 -m ping -vvvv Using /home/willert/.ansible.cfg as config file Loaded callback minimal of type stdout, v2.0 ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None SSH: EXEC ssh -C -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/willert/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r -tt dbservere4 (umask 22 && mkdir -p “$(echo /tmp/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1447659206.06-120147812768677)” && echo “$(echo /tmp/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1447659206.06-120147812768677)”) PUT /tmp/tmprmOes7 TO /tmp/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1447659206.06-120147812768677/ping SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/willert/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r [dbservere4] ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None SSH: EXEC ssh -C -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/willert/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r -tt dbservere4 LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_ALL=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_MESSAGES=en\_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /tmp/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1447659206.06-120147812768677/ping; rm -rf “/tmp/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1447659206.06-120147812768677/” \> /dev/null 2\>&1 dbservere4 | SUCCESS =\> { “changed”: false, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: {}, “module\_name”: “ping” }, “ping”: “pong” } ` / Thomas ---
**Author:** ![thomas.willert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b2d939/32.png) [@thomas.willert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thomas.willert)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-and-pfexec-not-working/19748/6 "2015-11-16T07:40:17Z")
Sorry, the example without using “pfexec” was with Ansible 2: ` [willert@localhost ~]$ ansible --version ansible 2.0.0 config file = /home/willert/.ansible.cfg configured module search path = None ` / Thomas