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authorJames Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>2013-09-18 21:10:32 -0500
committerJames Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>2013-09-19 10:43:36 -0500
commit0d3596df9ad8da8054782abd9db3d1b0449f6b21 (patch)
tree72ff0d30b8b2cf9ed32ac63ea213f8ed731da637
parent7ddc3db81647b5f76bd30d5109d8557e7456b35f (diff)
downloadansible-0d3596df9ad8da8054782abd9db3d1b0449f6b21.tar.gz
Adding example section to ansible.cfg for the control_path setting
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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