control_path not working

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I’m using Ansible 1.9.2 on a Mac and can’t get control_path to work. Here is the excerpt from ansible.cfg:

[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o Compression=yes -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o ControlPersist=1800s
control_path = ssh_control_path/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r

Verbose output when running ansible does not indicate any of the args are being taken. I’m not quite sure what the issue is and am wondering if anyone can help.

2

if your connection is 'smart' you are probably using paramiko instead
of ssh, there are several issues with ssh on the Mac, including a
kernel panic.
Control path and ssh arguments are not used with paramiko, so I would
not expect to see them.

3

Thank you, Brian. I’ll toil with ssh on a Mac for a little with the understanding it’s probably not going to work.