[chef] Re: Execute resource - keeping SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable

[Mike Mazur < >]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 17:33, Joe Van Dyk 
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 wrote:
> If I'm logged on as user1 with my SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable
> set, and I run chef-solo which runs a command as user2, how can I have
> user2's command be able to access the SSH_AUTH_SOCK?

The execute resource has an environment attribute:

  http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Resources#Resources-Execute

You could use it like this:

  execute "/path/to/some/command" do
    user "user2"
    environment ({"SSH_AUTH_SOCK" => ENV['SSH_AUTH_SOCK']})
  end

Hope that helps,
Mike