diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/jail.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/jail.py
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+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/jail.py
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+# Based on local.py (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+# and chroot.py (c) 2013, Maykel Moya <mmoya@speedyrails.com>
+# (c) 2013, Michael Scherer <misc@zarb.org>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import distutils.spawn
+import traceback
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from ansible import errors
+from ansible.callbacks import vvv
+
+class Connection(object):
+ ''' Local chroot based connections '''
+
+ def _search_executable(self, executable):
+ cmd = distutils.spawn.find_executable(executable)
+ if not cmd:
+ raise errors.AnsibleError("%s command not found in PATH") % executable
+ return cmd
+
+ def list_jails(self):
+ p = subprocess.Popen([self.jls_cmd, '-q', 'name'],
+ cwd=self.runner.basedir,
+ stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+ stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+
+ return stdout.split()
+
+ def get_jail_path(self):
+ p = subprocess.Popen([self.jls_cmd, '-j', self.jail, '-q', 'path'],
+ cwd=self.runner.basedir,
+ stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+ stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+ # remove \n
+ return stdout[:-1]
+
+
+
+ def __init__(self, runner, host, port, *args, **kwargs):
+ self.jail = host
+ self.runner = runner
+ self.host = host
+
+ if os.geteuid() != 0:
+ raise errors.AnsibleError("jail connection requires running as root")
+
+ self.jls_cmd = self._search_executable('jls')
+ self.jexec_cmd = self._search_executable('jexec')
+
+ if not self.jail in self.list_jails():
+ raise errors.AnsibleError("incorrect jail name %s" % self.jail)
+
+
+ self.host = host
+ # port is unused, since this is local
+ self.port = port
+
+ def connect(self, port=None):
+ ''' connect to the chroot; nothing to do here '''
+
+ vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL CHROOT DIR", host=self.jail)
+
+ return self
+
+ # a modifier
+ def _generate_cmd(self, executable, cmd):
+ if executable:
+ local_cmd = [self.jexec_cmd, self.jail, executable, '-c', cmd]
+ else:
+ local_cmd = '%s "%s" %s' % (self.jexec_cmd, self.jail, cmd)
+ return local_cmd
+
+ def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, sudo_user, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh'):
+ ''' run a command on the chroot '''
+
+ # We enter chroot as root so sudo stuff can be ignored
+ local_cmd = self._generate_cmd(executable, cmd)
+
+ vvv("EXEC %s" % (local_cmd), host=self.jail)
+ p = subprocess.Popen(local_cmd, shell=isinstance(local_cmd, basestring),
+ cwd=self.runner.basedir,
+ stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+ stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+ return (p.returncode, '', stdout, stderr)
+
+ def _normalize_path(self, path, prefix):
+ if not path.startswith(os.path.sep):
+ path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, path)
+ normpath = os.path.normpath(path)
+ return os.path.join(prefix, normpath[1:])
+
+ def _copy_file(self, in_path, out_path):
+ if not os.path.exists(in_path):
+ raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
+ try:
+ shutil.copyfile(in_path, out_path)
+ except shutil.Error:
+ traceback.print_exc()
+ raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to copy: %s and %s are the same" % (in_path, out_path))
+ except IOError:
+ traceback.print_exc()
+ raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
+
+ def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
+ ''' transfer a file from local to chroot '''
+
+ out_path = self._normalize_path(out_path, self.get_jail_path() )
+ vvv("PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.jail)
+
+ self._copy_file(in_path, out_path)
+
+ def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
+ ''' fetch a file from chroot to local '''
+
+ in_path = self._normalize_path(in_path, self.get_jail_path())
+ vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.jail)
+
+ self._copy_file(in_path, out_path)
+
+ def close(self):
+ ''' terminate the connection; nothing to do here '''
+ pass
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/jail.py b/plugins/inventory/jail.py
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+++ b/plugins/inventory/jail.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# (c) 2013, Michael Scherer <misc@zarb.org>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible,
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from subprocess import Popen,PIPE
+import sys
+import json
+
+result = {}
+result['all'] = {}
+
+pipe = Popen(['jls', '-q', 'name'], stdout=PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+result['all']['hosts'] = [x[:-1] for x in pipe.stdout.readlines()]
+result['all']['vars'] = {}
+result['all']['vars']['ansible_connection'] = 'jail'
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == '--list':
+ print json.dumps(result)
+elif len(sys.argv) == 3 and sys.argv[1] == '--host':
+ print json.dumps({'ansible_connection': 'jail'})
+else:
+ print "Need a argument, either --list or --host <host>"