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Fixup documentation formatting

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Michael DeHaan 2013-03-17 11:45:22 -04:00
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@ -608,15 +608,10 @@ Negative numbers are not supported. This works as follows::
.. versionadded: 1.1 .. versionadded: 1.1
'with_password' and associated macro "$PASSWORD" generate a random plaintext password and store it in 'with_password' and associated macro "$PASSWORD" generate a random plaintext password and store it in
a file at a given filepath. If the file exists previously, "$PASSWORD"/'with_password' will retrieve its contents, a file at a given filepath. If the file exists previously, "$PASSWORD"/'with_password' will retrieve its contents, behaving just like $FILE/'with_file'. Usage of variables like "${inventory_hostname}" in the filepath can be used to set up random passwords per host.
behaving just like $FILE/'with_file'.
Generated passwords contain a random mix of upper and lower case letters in the ASCII alphabets, the Generated passwords contain a random mix of upper and lowercase ASCII letters, the
numbers 0-9 and the punctuation signs ".,:-_". The default length of a generated password is 30 characters. numbers 0-9 and punctuation (". , : - _"). The default length of a generated password is 30 characters. This length can be changed by passing an extra parameter::
This gives us ~ 180 bits of entropy. However, this length can be changed by passing an extra parameter.
This is how it all works, with an exemplary use case, which is generating a different random password for every
mysql database in a given server pool:
--- ---
- hosts: all - hosts: all
@ -630,7 +625,7 @@ mysql database in a given server pool:
(...) (...)
# dump a mysql database with a given password # dump a mysql database with a given password (this example showing the other form).
- mysql_db: name=$client_$tier_$role - mysql_db: name=$client_$tier_$role
login_user=$client login_user=$client
login_password=$item login_password=$item
@ -639,9 +634,9 @@ mysql database in a given server pool:
with_password: credentials/$client/$tier/$role/mysqlpassword with_password: credentials/$client/$tier/$role/mysqlpassword
# make a longer or shorter password by appending a length parameter: # make a longer or shorter password by appending a length parameter:
- mysql_user: name=who_cares - mysql_user: name=some_name
password=$item password=$item
with_password: files/same/password/everywhere length=4 with_password: files/same/password/everywhere length=15
Setting the Environment (and Working With Proxies) Setting the Environment (and Working With Proxies)
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