Description
Summary
Hello,
we have a task intending set the sendmail_enable variable to "NO" and have Sendmail restarted at the end by the handler named "Ensure sendmail is restarted". See code below in the "Steps to Reproduce" section.
While this looks contradictory at a first glance the reason is that for Sendmail (and only Sendmail) FreeBSD has three different settings (instead of only "YES" or "NO") for historical reasons:
- NONE: all Sendmail services disabled
- NO: local submit agent and queue runner enabled, mail server disabled - i.e. outbound mail yes, inbound no
- YES: all services enabled including mail reception
I assume we get the error because Ansible tries to parse the output of sysrc and "NONE" is unexpected. When the task has run at least once one can change from "NO" to "YES" and back without further issues. Only the default of a newly installed FreeBSD system is "NONE".
Kind regards,
Patrick
Issue Type
Bug Report
Component Name
ansible.builtin.service
Ansible Version
$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.18.4]
config file = /Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/Users/pmh/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/venv-proserver/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /Users/pmh/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/venv-proserver/bin/ansible
python version = 3.11.11 (main, Dec 7 2024, 10:43:09) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)] (/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/venv-proserver/bin/python3.11)
jinja version = 3.1.4
libyaml = TrueConfiguration
# if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
$ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
ANSIBLE_COW_SELECTION(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = daemon
ANSIBLE_NOCOWS(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = True
BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE(env: ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE) = /Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/become_password_file
CONFIG_FILE() = /Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_FORKS(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = 10
DEFAULT_HASH_BEHAVIOUR(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = merge
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/inventory/>
DEFAULT_MANAGED_STR(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = This file is managed by Ansible
DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = ansible
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/roles']
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = debug
DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(env: ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE) = /Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/vault_password_file
EDITOR(env: EDITOR) = /usr/bin/vim
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = False
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(/Users/pmh/Hacking/Firma/ansible-proserver/ansible.cfg) = FalseOS / Environment
Management work OS: Mac OS Sonoma 14.6.1
Managed system: FreeBSD 14.2
Steps to Reproduce
- name: Ensure sendmail service is enabled
ansible.builtin.service:
name: sendmail
enabled: no
notify: Ensure sendmail is restarted
Expected Results
The play should not abort but just change the value from "NONE" to "NO".
Actual Results
fatal: [ah006]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false
}
STDOUT:
sendmail_enable: NONE -> NO
MSG:
unable to set rcvar: sysrc did not change valueCode of Conduct
- I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct