Description of problem: It's impossible to connect to hosts with become_method=su It always fails with a timeout error: TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************************************** fatal: [192.168.150.77]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "Timeout (12s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt: "} Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ansible-2.3.0.0-3.fc25.noarch Additional info: I think it is upstream bug 23710: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/23710
Ansible issue 23689
ansible-2.3.1.0-1.el6 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 6. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-5279a157d2
ansible-2.3.1.0-1.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-b316d2bb3b
ansible-2.3.1.0-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-5279a157d2
ansible-2.3.1.0-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-b316d2bb3b
This is an example playbook which timeouts for all the remote hosts with ansible-2.3.1.0-1.fc26.noarch. It works for localhost, which has defined ansible_connection: local - name: become_method=su test hosts: all become: yes become_method: su remote_user: juan tasks: - ping: $ ansible-playbook playbooks/su-test.yml PLAY [become_method=su test] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] fatal: [remotehost1]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "Timeout (12s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt: "} fatal: [remotehost2]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "Timeout (12s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt: "} TASK [ping] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** remotehost1 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 remotehost2 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
Sorry, after introducing the become password with -K, this test playbook works in Fedora and epel7. Tomorrow I'll check some complex playbooks we have at work which were failing these days.
After a more detailed review, I can confirm this issue is fixed in Fedora. Thank you.
ansible-2.3.1.0-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
ansible-2.3.1.0-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.