at module is attaching the string with the binary in RHEL 8 system not able to run any command.

[ammygill]

SUMMARY

any command running via at module/collection the RHEL 8 system is not able to execute the command but the RHEL 7 system is having no issues in implementing the same.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

at module

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible version 2.9.18 and collection

CONFIGURATION

• name: testing the at moduel
  hosts: all
  tasks:
  • name: testing at
    at:
    command: /usr/sbin/reboot # I have tried with "reboot" or "/sbin/reboot" or "/usr/sbin/reboot"
    count: 2
    units: minutes

OS / ENVIRONMENT

RHEL 8

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Run the above playbook on both RHEL 7 and RHEL 8 machines
2. Check the at queue with the command # at -l
3. Run the # at -c to see the command to be exuted

EXPECTED RESULTS

the reboot should be done by the RHEL 8 system

ACTUAL RESULTS

no reboot is done on the RHEL 8 but on RHEL 7 the reboot is done. The issue could be because.

When you run # at -c the below is the change that could result in the issue.

RHEl7: 

${SHELL:-/bin/sh} << 'marcinDELIMITER41928b92'
/usr/sbin/reboot
marcinDELIMITER41928b92

RHEL8:
${SHELL:-/bin/sh} << 'marcinDELIMITER36bfaec8'
/usr/sbin/rebootmarcinDELIMITER36bfaec8

[aminvakil]

at module is in ansible.posix repository, could you please reopen your issue in that repository?