[WARNING]: Error in vault password file loading (default)

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Hi All,

Request you help, after upgrade ansible to 2.6 the password vault is not working as expected, and getting the below error, before the upgrade it was working fine without any issues.

ansible-playbook /home/ansible/playbooks/oscheck.yml --syntax-check

[WARNING]: Error in vault password file loading (default): A vault password must be specified to decrypt data

ERROR! A vault password must be specified to decrypt data

ansible --version
ansible 2.6.0
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u’/home/ansible/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.13 (default, Jan 11 2017, 10:56:06) [GCC]

oscheck.yml

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Hi All,

Tried to re-create the Vault password, even then no luck, below are the step performed

vi target.yml
ansible_user: ansible
ansible_ssh_pass:
ansible_become_pass:
touch target.pass
ansible-vault encrypt target.pass
Enter the Vault password :
Confirm New Vault password :
ansible-vault encrypt target.yml --vault-password-file=target.pass

At this point : Error :

[WARNING]: Error in vault password file loading (default): A vault password must be specified to decrypt data

ERROR! A vault password must be specified to decrypt data

Even tried the below command, but still no luck.

ansible-vault encrypt /home/ansible/playbooks/target.yml --vault-password-file=/home/ansible/playbooks/target.pass

From,
Vino.B

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Hi All, Any help on this is much appriciated

From,
Vino.B