sudoers.d file with template and validate is failing

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I have a task that is supposed to use a template to create a sudoers.d file and validate it. When the play runs it fails because of the validation. But when I create the file without validation and then validate the file myself it passes. In the template it uses variables to populate part of the sudoers file. I have a feeling it is related to these variables. But, when I removed the validate it populates the file correctly using those variables. I am attaching the error, task and template.

error:

`
visudo: >>> /home/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1503552876.43-124832201376320/source: syntax error near line 1 <<<

`

template:

`

dd-agent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:{{ ddagent_sudo_commands | join(',') }}

`

task with variables:

`

  • name: Add DataDog Agent Sudoers
    template:
    src: etc/sudoers.d/ddagent.j2
    dest: /etc/sudoers.d/ddagent
    group: root
    owner: root
    mode: ‘0440’
    validate: ‘/usr/sbin/visudo -cf %s’
    when: ddagent_sudo_commands | default(None) != None

`

playbook:

`

  • name: Deploy DataDog Raid Checks
    hosts: myhosts
    become: yes
    vars:
  • ddagent_sudo_commands:
  • ‘/etc/dd-agent/checks.d/megarc.bin’
  • ‘/usr/sbin/mpt-status’
    roles:
  • common
  • Datadog.datadog
  • cccom-datadog-checks

`

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Welp, I think the issue was related to my editor. I was using pycharm. It must have formatted the file somehow, cause I deleted the file then opened it in vim and pasted the same line. It worked