FYI: Expanding the temp path too early for that setting no longer happens in the latest version of Ansible.
You may wish to try with 1.7.1. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Ilya Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: > I always set ansible user in the inventory file. > > I actually narrowed down the issue. It happens whenever a new host is > added in a screen session. So, when working with already known hosts or > when screen isn't used, I don't see it. > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Steffen Prince <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Sorry for bumping this old thread, but I encountered "previous known host >> file not found" myself and identified my problem. >> >> I was using ansible on a host where my login name did not match the name >> I wanted to run ansible under, so I set $USER to the desired name. This is >> a bad idea generally, but with Ansible will cause the following to fail: >> >> os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars("~${USER}/.ssh/known_hosts")) >> >> So the correct way to use another name for Ansible ssh is to use the "-u" >> flag to ansible-playbook. Check to be sure $USER is actually set to your >> local username if you see this issue. >> >> On Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:52:14 PM UTC-8, Ilya Ivanov wrote: >> >>> Ok thanks I'll try that. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Jesse Keating <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I would edit the source code and put a debugger statement inside the if >>>> statement that does the print. This way when running ansible if you happen >>>> to get into this state, you can examine the various data, like what it >>>> thinks the value of host_file is, and then compare that to your filesystem. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/13/14, 1:47 PM, Ilya Ivanov wrote: >>>> >>>>> But the file exists (and the host is there). What could I do to debug >>>>> it >>>>> further? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:29 AM, Jesse Keating < >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 2/13/14, 12:37 PM, Ilya Ivanov wrote: >>>>> >>>>> "previous known host file not found" is an Ansible message. >>>>> Does >>>>> anyone >>>>> know the conditions under which is it triggered? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Grepping the code shows it pretty clearly: >>>>> >>>>> def not_in_host_file(self, host): >>>>> host_file = >>>>> os.path.expanduser(os.path.__expandvars("~${USER}/.ssh/__kno >>>>> wn_hosts")) >>>>> >>>>> if not os.path.exists(host_file): >>>>> print "previous known host file not found" >>>>> >>>>> This is called when a command is executed. >>>>> >>>>> It looks to your user's homedir/.ssh/known_hosts and if that file >>>>> doesn't exist, it prints that message you're seeing. >>>>> >>>>> Use of straight ssh will read various config files to determine >>>>> where the known_hosts file is, such as /etc/ssh/ssh_config and >>>>> ~/.ssh/config >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps in one of those there is a configuration that marks >>>>> known_hosts as some other file -- or you have a setting that is >>>>> preventing ssh from every even checking for known hosts. Either >>>>> way, >>>>> that's where the message comes from. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -jlk >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>> the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/__topic/ansible-project/h-__EWBy >>>>> IPDuY/unsubscribe >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/h-EWByIPD >>>>> uY/unsubscribe>. >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> ansible-project+unsubscribe@__googlegroups.com >>>>> <mailto:ansible-project%[email protected]>. >>>>> >>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>> ansible-project@googlegroups.__com >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/__groups/opt_out >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ilya. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -jlk >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >>>> pic/ansible-project/h-EWByIPDuY/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ilya. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/h-EWByIPDuY/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4b3d7654-5bba-4a74-964d-81944ae2e861%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/4b3d7654-5bba-4a74-964d-81944ae2e861%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Ilya. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAA%3DKoeKPkMfvFyzMutqnNvqGRUbST%2BnDWWWbF_SAEwtremFQZg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAA%3DKoeKPkMfvFyzMutqnNvqGRUbST%2BnDWWWbF_SAEwtremFQZg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. 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