`community.windows.win_credential` fails with "Failed to access the user's credential store, run the module with become"

nemonik commented 1 year ago

SUMMARY

- name: Create credential
  community.windows.win_credential:
    name: 127.0.0.1
    type: generic_password
    username: Administrator
    secret: "Ch@ng3M3!"
    state: present

Results in

The full traceback is:
Exception calling "GetCredential" with "2" argument(s): "Failed to access the user's credential store, run the module with become"
At line:578 char:1
+ $existing_credential = [Ansible.CredentialManager.Credential]::GetCre ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException

ScriptStackTrace:
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 578
fatal: [IP]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "Unhandled exception while executing module: Exception calling \"GetCredential\" with \"2\" argument(s): \"Failed to access the user's credential store, run the module with become\""
}

ISSUE TYPE

Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

community.windows.win_credential

ANSIBLE VERSION

➜  ansible --version
ansible [core 2.13.5]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/home/nemonik.linux/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/nemonik.linux/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/something-rnn__9Px-py3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/nemonik.linux/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/nemonik.linux/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/something-rnn__9Px-py3.10/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.7 (main, Jan  5 2023, 00:11:54) [GCC 11.3.0]
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

# /home/nemonik.linux/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/something-rnn__9Px-py3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.windows 1.11.0

# /home/nemonik.linux/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.windows 1.12.0

CONFIGURATION

returned nothing

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Linux lima-mep 5.15.0-67-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 22 14:14:39 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: Create credential
  community.windows.win_credential:
    name: 127.0.0.1
    type: generic_password
    username: Administrator
    secret: "Ch@ng3M3!"
    state: present

EXPECTED RESULTS

To create the credential

ACTUAL RESULTS

The full traceback is:
Exception calling "GetCredential" with "2" argument(s): "Failed to access the user's credential store, run the module with become"
At line:578 char:1
+ $existing_credential = [Ansible.CredentialManager.Credential]::GetCre ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException

ScriptStackTrace:
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 578
fatal: [IP]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "Unhandled exception while executing module: Exception calling \"GetCredential\" with \"2\" argument(s): \"Failed to access the user's credential store, run the module with become\""

But

cmdkey /generic:127.0.0.1 /user:"Administrator" /pass:"Ch@ngeM3!"

works.

jborean93 commented 1 year ago

Did you run it with become (and a password)? Running something locally is different from running it through Ansible. You need to use become to ensure the credential store can be unlocked hence why the error indicates you need to use become.