mount: & (ampersand) will be converted to \046 in opts field

[lfchris]

SUMMARY

When creating a cifs mount with credentials, I noticed that if you have an & (ampersand) in your password, it will be converted to \046. This happens in the entire string that you give to the opts field.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

mount

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.16.1]
  config file = /Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/Users/chris/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/9.1.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/chris/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.12.0 (main, Oct  2 2023, 12:03:24) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.0.40.1)] (/usr/local/Cellar/ansible/9.1.0/libexec/bin/python)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

# /Users/chris/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection    Version
------------- -------
ansible.posix 1.4.0

# /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/9.1.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection    Version
------------- -------
ansible.posix 1.5.4

CONFIGURATION

ANSIBLE_NOCOWS(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = True
CACHE_PLUGIN(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = jsonfile
CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = ~/.ansible_cache
CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = 86400
CALLBACKS_ENABLED(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = ['profile_tasks']
CONFIG_FILE() = /Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_FORKS(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = 30
DEFAULT_GATHERING(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = smart
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/chris/git/ansinv/hosts']
DEFAULT_LOG_PATH(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = /Users/chris/.ansible/ansible.log
DEFAULT_MANAGED_STR(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = This file is managed by Ansible - do not edit
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/chris/git/roles']
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = yaml
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = 15
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = False
INVENTORY_IGNORE_EXTS(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = ['~', '.orig', '.bak', '.ini', '.cfg', '.retry', '.pyc', '.pyo', '.csv']
INVENTORY_IGNORE_PATTERNS(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = ['(host|group)_files']
PAGER(env: PAGER) = less
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(/Users/chris/git/ansinv/ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Rocky8

ansible-playbook --inventory hosts.yml mount --limit log01 --diff -vvv

EXPECTED RESULTS

This string in /etc/fstab:

//192.168.1.24/Backups/log01 /mnt/backup cifs username=log01,password=92KShS&!G5a2E^s,vers=2.0,rw 0 0

ACTUAL RESULTS

This string in /etc/fstab:

//192.168.1.24/Backups/log01 /mnt/backup cifs username=log01,password=92KShS\046!G5a2E^s,vers=2.0,rw 0 0

changed: [log01] => (item={'path': '/mnt/backup', 'fstype': 'cifs', 'src': '//192.168.1.24/Backups/log01', 'opts': "username=log01,password=92KShS&!G5a2E^s,vers=2.0,rw", 'state': 'present'}) => changed=true
  ansible_loop_var: item
  backup_file: ''
  boot: 'yes'
  dump: '0'
  fstab: /etc/fstab
  fstype: cifs
  invocation:
    module_args:
      backup: false
      boot: true
      dump: '0'
      fstab: null
      fstype: cifs
      opts: username=log01,password=92KShS&!G5a2E^s,vers=2.0,rw
      passno: '0'
      path: /mnt/backup
      src: //192.168.1.24/Backups/log01
      state: present
  item:
    fstype: cifs
    opts: username=log01,password=92KShS&!G5a2E^s,vers=2.0,rw
    path: /mnt/backup
    src: //192.168.1.24/Backups/log01
    state: present
  name: /mnt/backup
  opts: username=log01,password=92KShS&!G5a2E^s,vers=2.0,rw
  passno: '0'
  src: //192.168.1.24/Backups/log01