From d43d81a9a460bfa682a7dcff46f01ec4d45d392e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Thames Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:08:51 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Raise exception when sudo user does not exist sudo can fail before getting to the password prompt if a user does not exist 
[will@tangerine ansible (sudo_missing_user)]$ sudo -u bobbins echo hello
sudo: unknown user: bobbins
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
Fix raises a distinct exception when that occurs --- lib/ansible/runner/connection/paramiko_ssh.py | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection/paramiko_ssh.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection/paramiko_ssh.py index 40aca903fe0..c1f0e2a84de 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection/paramiko_ssh.py +++ b/lib/ansible/runner/connection/paramiko_ssh.py @@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ class ParamikoConnection(object): while not sudo_output.endswith(prompt): chunk = chan.recv(bufsize) if not chunk: - raise errors.AnsibleError('ssh connection closed waiting for sudo password prompt') + if 'unknown user' in sudo_output: + raise errors.AnsibleError( + 'user %s does not exist' % sudo_user) + else: + raise errors.AnsibleError('ssh connection ' + + 'closed waiting for password prompt') sudo_output += chunk chan.sendall(self.runner.sudo_pass + '\n') except socket.timeout: