I thought  the -b and --become do the same thing.

If I run this command as root, it works.   If I run it as a non-root user, 
I get the MODULE FAILURE error.

ansible localhost -a '/bin/cat /etc/shadow' --become --become-user root


On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 12:24:20 PM UTC-5, Brian Coca wrote:
>
> Using --become-user only sets the user, it does not force using become, 
> you need --become to do that.
>
> This is because you can set using privilege escalation in the inventory 
> also and this lets you mix/match settings.
>
>
> ----------
> Brian Coca
>

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