sudo not working on remote server

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I am on server A logged in as user A with sudo permissions. I am attempting to run a privileged command on server b as user A. User A on server b also has sudo permissions. However I am getting permission errors:

  • Inventory File

[rhershkow@if21d0002 ansible]$ more inventory if21d0001 ansible_ssh_user=rhershkow

  • Config File

[rhershkow@if21d0002 ansible]$ more ansible.cfg [defaults]

inventory = /home/rhershkow/demo/ansible/inventory

[privilege_escalation]

become=true

become_method=sudo

become_user=rhershkow

become_ask_pass=False

  • Example.yml
    [rhershkow@if21d0002 ansible]$ more example.yml- name: New user is created

hosts: if21d0001

become: true

tasks:

  • name: User gets created user: name: test state: present- Execution Errors

[rhershkow@if21d0002 ansible]$ ansible-playbook example.yml

PLAY [New user is created] **************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************************** ok: [if21d0001]

TASK [User gets created] **************************************************************************************** fatal: [if21d0001]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “msg”: “useradd: Permission denied.\nuseradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.\n”, “name”: “test”, “rc”: 1} to retry, use: --limit @/home/rhershkow/demo/ansible/example.retry

PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************************** if21d0001 : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1