Unable to copy keys from management server to remote server

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Hello,

Following was the error message. Playbook creates the user but does not copy the keys from management server to destination server.

Am I missing something here?

ansible-playbook -vvvvv /etc/ansible/site.yml

msg: could not find src=/home/dummyuser1/.ssh/authorized_keys

master playbook file: site.yml

  • hosts: ansible_slaves

remote_user: ansible

tasks:

  • name: Add test user

user:

name=dummyuser

password='dummyuser’

groups=ansible

shell=/bin/bash

append=yes

  • name: creates the .ssh directory

file: path=/home/dummyuser/.ssh state=directory

  • name: Copying ssh key files

copy:

src=/home/dummyuser1/.ssh/authorized_keys dest=/home/dummyuser/.ssh/authorized_keys owner=dummyuser group=ansible mode=600

sudo: yes

2

Hello,
This is due to a permission issue in the management server. To test it, I copied the file to /tmp and checked and it worked.

Now to fix this permanently, how do I have sudo for “src”. This is the reason it is not working.

Thanks
dnraj

3

sudo ansible-playbook ....

or use a local action with sudo: true that copies the key to temporary
spot for you to be able to use with copy.

4

Hello brian,
Thanks and it is working now.

thanks
dnraj