Cask installs that require a password fail

[edrozenberg]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

homebrew_cask

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.2.0.0
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides

CONFIGURATION

[defaults]
inventory             = hosts/hosts
vault_password_file   = ~/.ansible/vault/password.txt
retry_files_enabled   = False
retry_files_save_path = ~/.ansible/retry
remote_user           = root
nocows                = 0

[ssh_connection]
pipelining = True

OS / ENVIRONMENT

macOS Sierra 10.12.1 (16B2555)

One mac (controller) controlling another mac (minion) using normal ssh connection with ssh key.

SUMMARY

Some homebrew casks ask for a password during the installation process. It appears the ansible module does not provide a way to collect a password and pass it to the homebrew cask installer.

Currently, these casks that require a password need to be manually installed using 'brew cask install at the command line. Ansible cannot install them.

Found two casks so far that failed to install with Ansible, but work fine when done manually: microsoft-office and wireshark

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- homebrew_cask: name=wireshark state=present

- homebrew_cask: name=microsoft-office state=present

EXPECTED RESULTS

wireshark cask and microsoft-office casks are installed

ACTUAL RESULTS

failed: [10.0.1.119] (item=wireshark) => {"failed": true, "item": "wireshark", "msg": "Error: Command failed to execute!\n\n==> Failed command:\n/usr/bin/sudo -E -- /usr/sbin/installer -pkg #<Pathname:/usr/local/Caskroom/wireshark/2.2.1/Wireshark 2.2.1 Intel 64.pkg> -target /\n\n==> Standard Output of failed command:\n\n\n==> Standard Error of failed command:\nsudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified\n\n\n==> Exit status of failed command:\n#<Process::Status: pid 29235 exit 1>"}

failed: [10.0.1.119] (item=microsoft-office) => {"failed": true, "item": "microsoft-office", "msg": "Error: Command failed to execute!\n\n==> Failed command:\n/usr/bin/sudo -E -- /usr/sbin/installer -pkg #<Pathname:/usr/local/Caskroom/microsoft-office/15.27.0_161010/Microsoft_Office_2016_15.27.0_161010_Installer.pkg> -target /\n\n==> Standard Output of failed command:\n\n\n==> Standard Error of failed command:\nsudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified\n\n\n==> Exit status of failed command:\n#<Process::Status: pid 12059 exit 1>"}

[edrozenberg]

Found that the issue has been discussed on homebrew cask, puppet, chef projects already:
Homebrew/homebrew-cask#5667
boxen/puppet-brewcask#22
kitchenplan/chef-homebrewalt#8

Some suggestions are to use sudo, but that would make the entire app owned by root instead of the regular user. Not sure if the issue needs to be tackled by the Ansible cask module or the homebrew cask project.

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[bcg62]

sous-chefs/homebrew#111

[rqelibari]

You can currently circumvent this by doing it like this:

- name: "Run this task before homebrew_cask module, so that sudo cache gets refreshed."
  command: "echo none"
  become: yes

- name: "Install casks."
  homebrew_cask: name={{package}} state=present
  with_items: "{{ your_cask_apps_which_need_admin_rights }}"
  ignore_errors: yes
  loop_control:
     loop_var: package

What this actually does is nothing else then sudo -v does in bash scripts. And as such homebrew-cask will not ask you for a password.

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This issue was migrated to ansible/ansible#29403