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Michael DeHaan
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@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ Now to run the command on all servers in a group, in this case,
$ ansible atlanta -a "/sbin/reboot" -f 10
If you want to run commands as a different user than root, it looks like this::
In 0.7 and later, this will default to running from your user account. If you do not like this
behavior, pass in "-u username". (In 0.6 and before, it defaulted to root. Most folks prefered
defaulting to the current user, so we changed it).
$ ansible atlanta -a "/usr/bin/foo" -u yourname
If you want to run commands as a different user, it looks like this::
$ ansible atlanta -a "/usr/bin/foo" -u username
If you want to run commands through sudo::
$ ansible atlanta -a "/usr/bin/foo" -u yourname --sudo [--ask-sudo-pass]
$ ansible atlanta -a "/usr/bin/foo" -u username --sudo [--ask-sudo-pass]
Use ``--ask-sudo-pass`` (``-K``) if you are not using passwordless
sudo. This will interactively prompt you for the password to use.
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ required.
It is also possible to sudo to a user other than root using
``--sudo-user`` (``-U``)::
$ ansible atlanta -a "/usr/bin/foo" -u yourname -U otheruser [--ask-sudo-pass]
$ ansible atlanta -a "/usr/bin/foo" -u username -U otheruser [--ask-sudo-pass]
Ok, so those are basics. If you didn't read about patterns and groups yet, go back and read :doc:`patterns`.