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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py index 863822b617..0ab85ff128 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ options: default: null notes: - If you want to run a command through the shell (say you are using C(<), C(>), C(|), etc), you actually want the M(shell) module instead. - The C(command) module is much more secure as it's not affected by the user's environment. + Parsing shell metacharacters can lead to unexpected commands being executed if quoting is not done correctly so it is more secure to + use the C(command) module when possible. - " C(creates), C(removes), and C(chdir) can be specified after the command. For instance, if you only want to run a command if a certain file does not exist, use this." - The C(executable) parameter is removed since version 2.4. If you have a need for this parameter, use the M(shell) module instead. |