ansilbe become user with rootsh support

[Nirzak]

Summary

Hi, ansible currently has a problem with become_user functionality with rootsh shell. That's because of the following reason.

If we try to run commands using become_user: testuser using sudo method then ansible tries to run the following command:

sudo -u testuser /bin/sh -c "commands"

Now if we try to use rootsh using become_exe flags then it will try to run the following:

sudo rootsh -u testuser /bin/sh -c "commands"

which doesn't work as rootsh only supports -- to run remote commands not /bin/sh -c. for example: the following command will work for rootsh

sudo rootsh -u testuser -- "commands"

Now if ansible allows us to change that /bin/sh -c flag to -- then we can make it to use rootsh with ansible. So can you guys implement a new option to change the flags after -u testuser portion? Thanks.

Thanks.

Issue Type

Feature Idea

Component Name

become
become_user
become_flags
become_exe

Additional Information

I have tried using several solutions. Like from using the become_flags to use become_exe none works.
Also, I tried to change the executable shell to rootsh using
executable: /usr/bin/rootsh inside ansible config file. but it can't access rootsh without root access. So looks like the above is the only way.

Code of Conduct

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[mkrizek]

Rather than adding a support for existing become plugins, this should be implemented as a new become plugin that can be included in a collection.

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