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systemd user test within Ansible playbook
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- name: Verify if a user can run `systemctl` commands as a non-root user | |
hosts: localhost | |
vars: | |
rootless_user: "rmanes" | |
rootless_uid: "1000" | |
become_method: machinectl | |
tasks: | |
- name: Check if DBUS socket exists for session user | |
stat: | |
path: "/run/user/{{ rootless_uid }}/bus" | |
register: dbus_bus | |
become_user: "{{ rootless_user }}" | |
- name: Report if dbus bus exists for session user | |
debug: | |
msg: "There is no dbus socket present for the user!" | |
when: not dbus_bus.stat.exists | |
become_user: "{{ rootless_user }}" | |
- name: Run a user-based systemctl command to test connection to DBUS | |
ansible.builtin.systemd: | |
name: init.scope | |
state: started | |
daemon_reload: true | |
scope: "user" | |
become_user: "{{ rootless_user }}" | |
environment: | |
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: "/run/user/{{ rootless_uid }}" | |
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: "unix:path=/run/user/{{ rootless_uid }}/bus" |
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