From 848a9667362539277a5953f5536b874f59c357d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Cammarata Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:10:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Adding example section to ansible.cfg for the control_path setting --- examples/ansible.cfg | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg index 1fb54b6213..57e721a77b 100644 --- a/examples/ansible.cfg +++ b/examples/ansible.cfg @@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ filter_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins # paramiko on older platforms rather than removing it #ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s +# The path to use for the ControlPath sockets. This defaults to +# "%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r", however on some systems with +# very long hostnames or very long path names (caused by long user names or +# deeply nested home directories) this can exceed the character limit on +# file socket names (108 characters for most platforms). In that case, you +# may wish to shorten the string below. +# +# Example: +# control_path = %(directory)s/%%h-%%r +#control_path = %(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r + # if True, make ansible use scp if the connection type is ssh # (default is sftp) #scp_if_ssh = True