diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/become.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/become.rst index 32b12cd5f98..f7b69ee2d1d 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/become.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/become.rst @@ -420,6 +420,35 @@ Because local service accounts do not have passwords, the ``ansible_become_password`` parameter is not required and is ignored if specified. +Accounts without a Password +--------------------------- + +.. Warning:: As a general security best practice, you should avoid allowing accounts without passwords. + +Ansible can be used to become an account that does not have a password (like the +``Guest`` account). To become an account without a password, set up the +variables like normal but either do not define ``ansible_become_pass`` or set +``ansible_become_pass: ''``. + +Before become can work on an account like this, the local policy +`Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only `_ +must be disabled. This can either be done through a Group Policy Object (GPO) +or with this Ansible task: + +.. code-block:: yaml + + - name: allow blank password on become + win_regedit: + path: HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa + name: LimitBlankPasswordUse + data: 0 + type: dword + state: present + +.. Note:: This is only for accounts that do not have a password. You still need + to set the account's password under ``ansible_become_pass`` if the + become_user has a password. + Limitations -----------