not sure what happened but this was working last week. now I am getting this error
tony@ubuntu:~/windows$ ansible windows -i hosts -m win_ping -vvvvvvvvv ansible 2.9.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u'/home/tony/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /home/tony/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /home/tony/.local/bin/ansible python version = 2.7.17 (default, Apr 15 2020, 17:20:14) [GCC 7.5.0] Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file setting up inventory plugins host_list declined parsing /home/tony/windows/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method script declined parsing /home/tony/windows/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method auto declined parsing /home/tony/windows/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Parsed /home/tony/windows/hosts inventory source with ini plugin Loading callback plugin minimal of type stdout, v2.0 from /home/tony/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/minimal.pyc META: ran handlers Using module file /home/tony/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win_ping.ps1 Using module file /home/tony/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win_ping.ps1 Pipelining is enabled. Pipelining is enabled. <pa-mgt01> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: adm-tkw@xxxx on PORT 5986 TO pa-mgt01 <rw-ctxweb-02\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: adm-tkw@xxxxx on PORT 5986 TO rw-ctxweb-02 pa-mgt01.wsgr.com | UNREACHABLE! => { "changed": false, "msg": "kerberos: the python kerberos library is not installed", "unreachable": true } rw-ctxweb-02.wsgr.com | UNREACHABLE! => { "changed": false, "msg": "kerberos: the python kerberos library is not installed", "unreachable": true -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/cec11813-74cd-406b-acf3-1797f2415e25%40googlegroups.com.