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Kit Sunde
Asked: 2015-05-18 22:20:25 +0800 CST

Shouldn't ansible-playbook -e "sudo=no" override sudo: true in my playbook?

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When I auth with a non-sudo user I want to override playbook sudo.

---
name: test
hosts: foo
sudo: yes

If I do:

ansible-playbook test.yml -e "sudo=no"

It doesn't get properly override, instead I have to remove sudo: yes from my playbook. Shouldn't sudo=no work?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    sudo is not a variable; it's a directive. With the -e command line parameter you have defined a variable that is called sudo, but this is unrelated. It would probably work if you did this in your playbook:

    sudo: "{{ sudo }}"

    or maybe

    sudo: "{{ sudo | default('yes') }}"

    But if you choose to do any of the above, don't name the variable sudo, it will be confusing; name it must_sudo or something.

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