Prompt for a password

gistfile1.pl

use Term::ReadKey;

user "root";

# get the CLI parameters
my %args = Rex::Args->getopts;

# only ask for a password if the user don't want to list tasks.
if(! exists $args{T}) {
   password read_password();
}
 
task "test", "insttest-debian664", sub {
   say run "hostname";
};


sub read_password {
   print "Password please: ";
   ReadMode "noecho"; # don't echo anything
   my $password = <STDIN>;
   chomp $password;
   ReadMode 0; # reset terminal so it echo again
   return $password;
}

for the sudo password one can do

if(! exists $args{T}) {
    sudo_password read_password();
}

to change the sudo_password inside a task, you can do the following:

task "mytask", sub {
  connection->server->{auth}->{sudo_password} = read_password();
  sudo sub {
    say run "id";
  };
};