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[Bug][zos_copy] Temporary files are set up in '/tmp/' with no means to override
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Bug description
TL;DR: zos_copy will always copy temporary files to /tmp/. If a user cannot read and write there, the module fails.
The module builds the temporary path (temp_path) with a call to gettempprefix(), which is built-in to the python tempfile library (python docs) and always returns 'tmp'.
temp_path = "/{0}/{1}".format(gettempprefix(), _create_temp_path_name())
Even when the ansible_remote_tmp (doc) variable is set in ansible.cfg, the module logic fails to check that configuration and builds the tempfile(s) under /tmp.
The module should honor the configuration set in the ansible_remote_tmp variable and build all temporary dirs/files at the configured location.
Find a way to set up temp_path so that the value of ansible_remote_tmp is honored instead of effectively hard-coding /tmp/... into temp_path.
Reported in IBM internal SLACK thread C0YPDHTGB/p1713974037809719.
IBM z/OS Ansible core Version
v1.8.0 (default)
IBM Z Open Automation Utilities
v1.2.5 (default)
IBM Enterprise Python
v3.12.x
ansible-version
v2.16.x (default)
z/OS version
v2.5 (default)
Ansible module
zos_copy
Playbook verbosity output.
See SLACK thread (verbosity dump may contain some internal IBM info)
Ansible configuration.
No response
Contents of the inventory
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Contents of group_vars or host_vars
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