Dave,
the double quotes should be around the full value of path. see
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/YAMLSyntax.html#gotchas
- lineinfile:
path: "/home/{{ new_user_acct_name }}/.ssh/authorized_keys"
regards, Zsolt
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Dave Florek <dave.a.flo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to see where I'm going wrong here:
>
> *Relevant code snippet:*
>
> - lineinfile:
> path: /home/"{{ new_user }}"/.ssh/
>
>
> *Error message I get at execution:*
>
> ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>
>
> The error appears to have been in
> '/opt/ansible/setup_scripts/create_user.yml':
> line 20, column 1, but may
> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>
>
> The offending line appears to be:
>
>
> - lineinfile:
> path: /home/"{{ new_user_acct_name }}"/.ssh/authorized_keys
> ^ here
> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
> missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
> start a value. For instance:
>
>
> with_items:
> - {{ foo }}
>
>
> Should be written as:
>
>
> with_items:
> - "{{ foo }}"
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks,
>
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