[ansible-project] Setting dynamic 'become' doesn't work #11381

[Albert Mikaelyan]

Closed issue 11381 still *not* fixed:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11381

The test done by jimi-c <https://github.com/jimi-c> is not related (he was
setting 'become_user', not 'become').

Here is my test, which shows the problem (using latest devel):

$ cat 11381.yml
---
- hosts: antest
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- command: whoami
become: "{{ app_become }}"
become_user: my_user

$ ansible-playbook 11381.yml -vv -e app_become=no

Using /home/albert/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

1 plays in 11381.yml
PLAY
****************************************************************************
TASK [command]
******************************************************************
"2015-07-21 09:50:31.95193
5", "stderr": "", "stdout": "my_user", "stdout_lines": ["my_user"],
"warnings": []}
PLAY RECAP
**********************************************************************
antest : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0
failed=0

*It still sets*
*'become: yes'*However there's this workaround:

$ cat 11381-2.yml
---
- hosts: antest
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- command: whoami
become: "{{ app_become | default('False') | bool }}"
become_user: my_user


$ ansible-playbook 11381.yml -vv -e app_become=false

Using /home/albert/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

1 plays in 11381.yml
PLAY
****************************************************************************
TASK [command]
******************************************************************
"2015-07-21 09:55:17.90857
[]}
PLAY RECAP
**********************************************************************
antest : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0
failed=0

[James Cammarata]

Hi Albert, the original issue was about an error regarding that value being
set to yes and it failing to work. I did a follow-up test with that and it
worked, however there was no mention of the above in the issue, so I'll
re-open the issue.

James Cammarata
Director, Ansible Core Engineering
github: jimi-c

Post by Albert Mikaelyan
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11381
The test done by jimi-c <https://github.com/jimi-c> is not related (he
was setting 'become_user', not 'become').
$ cat 11381.yml
---
- hosts: antest
gather_facts: no
- command: whoami
become: "{{ app_become }}"
become_user: my_user
$ ansible-playbook 11381.yml -vv -e app_become=no
Using /home/albert/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

1 plays in 11381.yml
PLAY
****************************************************************************
TASK [command]
******************************************************************
"2015-07-21 09:50:31.95193
5", "stderr": "", "stdout": "my_user", "stdout_lines": ["my_user"],
"warnings": []}
PLAY RECAP
**********************************************************************
antest : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0
failed=0

*It still sets*
$ cat 11381-2.yml
---
- hosts: antest
gather_facts: no
- command: whoami
become: "{{ app_become | default('False') | bool }}"
become_user: my_user
$ ansible-playbook 11381.yml -vv -e app_become=false
Using /home/albert/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

1 plays in 11381.yml
PLAY
****************************************************************************
TASK [command]
******************************************************************
"2015-07-21 09:55:17.90857
[]}
PLAY RECAP
**********************************************************************
antest : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0
failed=0

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[Albert Mikaelyan]

You are right, 1.9.1 was throwing an error, but devel was showing the
behaviour of always setting it to 'true', as I mentioned on my comment to
Brian Coca (and showed here as well)

Post by James Cammarata
Hi Albert, the original issue was about an error regarding that value
being set to yes and it failing to work. I did a follow-up test with that
and it worked, however there was no mention of the above in the issue, so
I'll re-open the issue.
James Cammarata
Director, Ansible Core Engineering
github: jimi-c

Post by Albert Mikaelyan
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11381
The test done by jimi-c <https://github.com/jimi-c> is not related (he
was setting 'become_user', not 'become').
$ cat 11381.yml
---
- hosts: antest
gather_facts: no
- command: whoami
become: "{{ app_become }}"
become_user: my_user
$ ansible-playbook 11381.yml -vv -e app_become=no
Using /home/albert/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

1 plays in 11381.yml
PLAY
****************************************************************************
TASK [command]
******************************************************************
"2015-07-21 09:50:31.95193
5", "stderr": "", "stdout": "my_user", "stdout_lines": ["my_user"],
"warnings": []}
PLAY RECAP
**********************************************************************
antest : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0
failed=0

*It still sets*
$ cat 11381-2.yml
---
- hosts: antest
gather_facts: no
- command: whoami
become: "{{ app_become | default('False') | bool }}"
become_user: my_user
$ ansible-playbook 11381.yml -vv -e app_become=false
Using /home/albert/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

1 plays in 11381.yml
PLAY
****************************************************************************
TASK [command]
******************************************************************
"2015-07-21 09:55:17.90857
4", "stderr": "", "stdout": "root", "stdout_lines": ["root"],
"warnings": []}
PLAY RECAP
**********************************************************************
antest : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0
failed=0

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