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* New become plugin: podman_unshare

Signed-off-by: Janos Gerzson <gerzsonj@gmail.com>
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright (c) 2022 Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
# Written by Janos Gerzson (grzs@backendo.com)
from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type

DOCUMENTATION = """
name: podman_unshare
short_description: Run tasks using podman unshare
description:
- "This become plugins allows your remote/login user
to execute commands in its container user namespace.
Official documentation: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-unshare.1.html"
author:
- Janos Gerzson (@grzs)
version_added: 1.9.0
options:
become_user:
description: User you 'become' to execute the task
default: root
ini:
- section: privilege_escalation
key: become_user
- section: sudo_become_plugin
key: user
vars:
- name: ansible_become_user
- name: ansible_sudo_user
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
- name: ANSIBLE_SUDO_USER
keyword:
- name: become_user
become_exe:
description: Sudo executable
default: sudo
ini:
- section: privilege_escalation
key: become_exe
- section: sudo_become_plugin
key: executable
vars:
- name: ansible_become_exe
- name: ansible_sudo_exe
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
- name: ANSIBLE_SUDO_EXE
keyword:
- name: become_exe
become_pass:
description: Password to pass to sudo
required: False
vars:
- name: ansible_become_password
- name: ansible_become_pass
- name: ansible_sudo_pass
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS
- name: ANSIBLE_SUDO_PASS
ini:
- section: sudo_become_plugin
key: password
"""

EXAMPLES = """
- name: checking uid of file 'foo'
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: "{{ test_dir }}/foo"
register: foo
- ansible.builtin.debug:
var: foo.stat.uid
# The output shows that it's owned by the login user
# ok: [test_host] => {
# "foo.stat.uid": "1003"
# }
- name: mounting the file to an unprivileged container and modifying its owner
containers.podman.podman_container:
name: chmod_foo
image: alpine
rm: yes
volume:
- "{{ test_dir }}:/opt/test:z"
command: chown 1000 /opt/test/foo
# Now the file 'foo' is owned by the container uid 1000,
# which is mapped to something completaly different on the host.
# It creates a situation when the file is unaccessible to the host user (uid 1003)
# Running stat again, debug output will be like this:
# ok: [test_host] => {
# "foo.stat.uid": "328679"
# }
- name: running stat in modified user namespace
become_method: containers.podman.podman_unshare
become: yes
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: "{{ test_dir }}/foo"
register: foo
# By gathering file stats with podman_ushare
# we can see the uid set in the container:
# ok: [test_host] => {
# "foo.stat.uid": "1000"
# }
- name: resetting file ownership with podman unshare
become_method: containers.podman.podman_unshare
become: yes
ansible.builtin.file:
state: file
path: "{{ test_dir }}/foo"
owner: 0 # in a modified user namespace host uid is mapped to 0
# If we run stat and debug with 'become: no',
# we can see that the file is ours again:
# ok: [test_host] => {
# "foo.stat.uid": "1003"
# }
"""


from ansible.plugins.become import BecomeBase


class BecomeModule(BecomeBase):

name = 'containers.podman.podman_unshare'

def build_become_command(self, cmd, shell):
super(BecomeModule, self).build_become_command(cmd, shell)

if not cmd:
return cmd

becomecmd = 'podman unshare'

user = self.get_option('become_user') or ''
if user:
cmdlist = [self.get_option('become_exe') or 'sudo']
# -i is required, because
# podman unshare should be executed in a login shell to avoid chdir permission errors
cmdlist.append('-iu %s' % user)
if self.get_option('become_pass'):
self.prompt = '[sudo podman unshare via ansible, key=%s] password:' % self._id
cmdlist.append('-p "%s"' % self.prompt)
cmdlist.append('-- %s' % becomecmd)
becomecmd = ' '.join(cmdlist)

return ' '.join([becomecmd, self._build_success_command(cmd, shell)])

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