From: Matt Birkholz <matt@birchwood-abbey.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:44:41 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Replace "become_user: www-data" with sudo in Nextcloud playbooks.
X-Git-Url: https://birchwood-abbey.net/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9900555a9345558b9b9a154363e845ebb9bd94d7;p=Institute

Replace "become_user: www-data" with sudo in Nextcloud playbooks.

Follow the (debugged?) example of playbooks/nextcloud-new.yml.
---

diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 6993612..4a686c4 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -6482,12 +6482,12 @@ users:resetpassword~ command.
   tasks:
   - name: Run occ user:resetpassword.
     become: yes
-    become_user: www-data
     shell:
       chdir: /var/www/nextcloud/
       cmd: >
-        OC_PASS={{ pass }}
-        php occ user:resetpassword {{ user }} --password-from-env
+        sudo -u www-data sh -c
+        "OC_PASS={{ pass }}
+        php occ user:resetpassword {{ user }} --password-from-env"
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** Installing the Less Aggressive passwd
@@ -6586,10 +6586,11 @@ if (defined $ARGV[0] && $ARGV[0] eq "old") {
   tasks:
   - name: Run occ user:disable.
     become: yes
-    become_user: www-data
     shell:
       chdir: /var/www/nextcloud/
-      cmd: php occ user:disable {{ user }}
+      cmd: >
+        sudo -u www-data sh -c
+        "php occ user:disable {{ user }}"
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** The Client Command
diff --git a/playbooks/nextcloud-old.yml b/playbooks/nextcloud-old.yml
index 6d1df1e..4077abf 100644
--- a/playbooks/nextcloud-old.yml
+++ b/playbooks/nextcloud-old.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   tasks:
   - name: Run occ user:disable.
     become: yes
-    become_user: www-data
     shell:
       chdir: /var/www/nextcloud/
-      cmd: php occ user:disable {{ user }}
+      cmd: >
+        sudo -u www-data sh -c
+        "php occ user:disable {{ user }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/nextcloud-pass.yml b/playbooks/nextcloud-pass.yml
index 4a38955..46f1022 100644
--- a/playbooks/nextcloud-pass.yml
+++ b/playbooks/nextcloud-pass.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   tasks:
   - name: Run occ user:resetpassword.
     become: yes
-    become_user: www-data
     shell:
       chdir: /var/www/nextcloud/
       cmd: >
-        OC_PASS={{ pass }}
-        php occ user:resetpassword {{ user }} --password-from-env
+        sudo -u www-data sh -c
+        "OC_PASS={{ pass }}
+        php occ user:resetpassword {{ user }} --password-from-env"