<h5 dir="auto">ISSUE TYPE</h5>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Bug Report</li>
</ul>
<h5 dir="auto">COMPONENT NAME</h5>
<p dir="auto">replace module</p>
<h5 dir="auto">ANSIBLE VERSION</h5>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="ansible 2.3.1.0
  config file = /home/klaus/.ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
  python version = 2.7.13+ (default, Jul 19 2017, 18:15:03) [GCC 6.4.0 20170704]"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">ansible 2.3.1.0
  config file = /home/klaus/.ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
  python version = 2.7.13+ (default, Jul 19 2017, 18:15:03) [GCC 6.4.0 20170704]
</code></pre></div>
<h5 dir="auto">OS / ENVIRONMENT</h5>
<p dir="auto">LC_*=de_DE (without utf-8, so it is iso8859-1)</p>
<h5 dir="auto">SUMMARY</h5>
<p dir="auto">I have the following part:</p>
<div class="highlight highlight-source-yaml notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" dir="auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="- name: Keep all passwd-entries in /etc/password sane
  replace:
     dest: /etc/passwd
     regexp: '^([^:]+):[^:]*:'
     replace: '\1:x:'"><pre class="notranslate">- <span class="pl-ent">name</span>: <span class="pl-s">Keep all passwd-entries in /etc/password sane</span>
  <span class="pl-ent">replace</span>:
     <span class="pl-ent">dest</span>: <span class="pl-s">/etc/passwd</span>
     <span class="pl-ent">regexp</span>: <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">'</span>^([^:]+):[^:]*:<span class="pl-pds">'</span></span>
     <span class="pl-ent">replace</span>: <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">'</span>\1:x:<span class="pl-pds">'</span></span></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">This worked with earlier versions but now it fails with an error:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xee in position 668: invalid continuation byte"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xee in position 668: invalid continuation byte
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">The problem is that I have user full names in passwd that includes latin1 chars (like ï)</p>
<h5 dir="auto">STEPS TO REPRODUCE</h5>
<p dir="auto">See above in the description</p>
<p dir="auto">I'm able to ssh login to <strong>10.10.24.127</strong> without password, while running the ansible playbook, I encountered the following error:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="fatal: [10.10.24.127] =&gt; SSH encountered an unknown error. The output was:
OpenSSH_6.7p1 Ubuntu-5ubuntu1.3, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master
debug1: Control socket &quot;/home/hao/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-10.10.24.127-22-hao&quot; does not exist
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 10.10.24.127 [10.10.24.127] port 22.
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: fd 3 clearing O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Connection established.
debug3: timeout: 10000 ms remain after connect
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.7p1 Ubuntu-5ubuntu1.3
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.7
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.7 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host &quot;10.10.24.127&quot; from file &quot;/home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts&quot;
debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type ED25519 in file /home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: prefer hostkeyalgs: ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-dss-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v00@openssh.com,ssh-dss-cert-v00@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: zlib@openssh.com,zlib,none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: zlib@openssh.com,zlib,none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss,ssh-ed25519
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0 
debug2: mac_setup: setup umac-64-etm@openssh.com
debug1: kex: server-&gt;client aes128-ctr umac-64-etm@openssh.com zlib@openssh.com
debug2: mac_setup: setup umac-64-etm@openssh.com
debug1: kex: client-&gt;server aes128-ctr umac-64-etm@openssh.com zlib@openssh.com
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ED25519 e2:12:26:46:85:47:e7:09:40:5c:3f:9a:e2:2b:32:4d
debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host &quot;10.10.24.127&quot; from file &quot;/home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts&quot;
debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type ED25519 in file /home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
debug1: Host '10.10.24.127' is known and matches the ED25519 host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug2: kex_derive_keys
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa (0x7f99d601e9f0),
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa (0x7f99d601f960),
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa ((nil)),
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519 ((nil)),
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug3: preferred gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey
debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
debug3: remaining preferred: ,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa
debug3: send_pubkey_test
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Offering DSA public key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa
debug3: send_pubkey_test
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Trying private key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug3: no such identity: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519: No such file or directory
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive)."><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">fatal: [10.10.24.127] =&gt; SSH encountered an unknown error. The output was:
OpenSSH_6.7p1 Ubuntu-5ubuntu1.3, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master
debug1: Control socket "/home/hao/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-10.10.24.127-22-hao" does not exist
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 10.10.24.127 [10.10.24.127] port 22.
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: fd 3 clearing O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Connection established.
debug3: timeout: 10000 ms remain after connect
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.7p1 Ubuntu-5ubuntu1.3
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.7
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.7 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "10.10.24.127" from file "/home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts"
debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type ED25519 in file /home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: prefer hostkeyalgs: ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-dss-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v00@openssh.com,ssh-dss-cert-v00@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: zlib@openssh.com,zlib,none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: zlib@openssh.com,zlib,none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss,ssh-ed25519
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0 
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0 
debug2: mac_setup: setup umac-64-etm@openssh.com
debug1: kex: server-&gt;client aes128-ctr umac-64-etm@openssh.com zlib@openssh.com
debug2: mac_setup: setup umac-64-etm@openssh.com
debug1: kex: client-&gt;server aes128-ctr umac-64-etm@openssh.com zlib@openssh.com
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ED25519 e2:12:26:46:85:47:e7:09:40:5c:3f:9a:e2:2b:32:4d
debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "10.10.24.127" from file "/home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts"
debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type ED25519 in file /home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
debug1: Host '10.10.24.127' is known and matches the ED25519 host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/hao/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug2: kex_derive_keys
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa (0x7f99d601e9f0),
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa (0x7f99d601f960),
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa ((nil)),
debug2: key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519 ((nil)),
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug3: preferred gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey
debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
debug3: remaining preferred: ,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_rsa
debug3: send_pubkey_test
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Offering DSA public key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_dsa
debug3: send_pubkey_test
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Trying private key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ecdsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug3: no such identity: /home/hao/.ssh/id_ed25519: No such file or directory
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">my <strong>hosts</strong> file is like this:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="[abr-ref01]
10.10.24.127

[coreos:vars]
ansible_ssh_user=core
ansible_ssh_pass=bozo
ansible_python_interpreter=&quot;PATH=/home/core/bin:$PATH python&quot;"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">[abr-ref01]
10.10.24.127

[coreos:vars]
ansible_ssh_user=core
ansible_ssh_pass=bozo
ansible_python_interpreter="PATH=/home/core/bin:$PATH python"
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">and my <strong>ansible.cfg</strong> is like this:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -o User=core -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o PasswordAuthentication=yes -o IdentityFile=/etc/ansible/keys/ssh_private_key -o IdentitiesOnly=yes
[defaults]
host_key_checking = False"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -o User=core -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o PasswordAuthentication=yes -o IdentityFile=/etc/ansible/keys/ssh_private_key -o IdentitiesOnly=yes
[defaults]
host_key_checking = False
</code></pre></div>