# authorized\_keys

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/authorized-keys/16247>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 16, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authorized-keys/16247 "2014-09-16T15:43:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Frank3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank3)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authorized-keys/16247/1 "2014-09-16T15:43:38Z")

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Hi,

I’m using authorized\_keys module without success…

users:

- name: user1  
keys:

- user1.pub  
groups:

- admins

- webmasters

- name: authorized\_keys  
authorized\_key: \>  
user={{ item.0.name }}  
key=“{{ lookup(‘file’, ‘…/…/…/keys/ssh/’ + item.0.name + ‘.pub’) }}”  
manage\_dir=yes  
with\_subelements:

- users

- keys

I get this error:

failed: [support] =\> (item=({‘name’: ‘user1’, ‘groups’: [‘admins’, ‘webmasters’]}, ‘user1.pub’)) =\> {“failed”: true, “item”: [{“groups”: [“admins”, “webmasters”], “name”: “user1"}, “user1.pub"]}  
msg: invalid key specified: ---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ——

the keys are working fine. any tip?

Regards,  
Frank

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**Author:** ![Frank3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank3)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authorized-keys/16247/2 "2014-09-16T16:17:13Z")

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err this key _was_ broken… fixed.