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authorJohn R Barker <john@johnrbarker.com>2016-09-02 13:47:48 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2016-09-02 13:47:48 +0100
commitb0335b5ebd5a6d36fa151141924bdc18a202f0ea (patch)
treeff0a187193502ecbfb81e99d017cb2408bd82e1e
parent9963ae1d3ecf3e0abf5cf93f1e74d3772e420588 (diff)
downloadansible-b0335b5ebd5a6d36fa151141924bdc18a202f0ea.tar.gz
become_flags is a 2.2 feature
A user got bitten when become_flags didn't work as we hadn't stated it's a 2.2 feature
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ become_method
(at play or task level) overrides the default method set in ansible.cfg, set to `sudo`/`su`/`pbrun`/`pfexec`/`doas`/`dzdo`/`ksu`
become_flags
- (at play or task level) permit to use specific flags for the tasks or role. One common use is to change user to nobody when the shell is set to no login
+ (at play or task level) permit to use specific flags for the tasks or role. One common use is to change user to nobody when the shell is set to no login. Added in Ansible 2.2
For example, to manage a system service (which requires ``root`` privileges) when connected as a non-``root`` user (this takes advantage of the fact that the default value of ``become_user`` is ``root``)::