Change old recommendation about insecure variables (#18493)

* Change old recommendation about insecure variables

These warnings were relevant before ansible had the secure vault feature:
any secret put into a variable used to be a bad idea.

With the vault feature (available since ansible 1.5) it's no longer a bad
idea to use these variables, as long as they aren't stored in plain text.

* Update intro_inventory.rst

Minor edit
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Silvio Tomatis 8 years ago committed by scottb
parent c2cadd1578
commit 2cfd6c6920

@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ ansible_port
ansible_user ansible_user
The default ssh user name to use. The default ssh user name to use.
ansible_ssh_pass ansible_ssh_pass
The ssh password to use (this is insecure, we strongly recommend using :option:`--ask-pass` or SSH keys) The ssh password to use (never store this variable in plain text; always use a vault. See :ref:`best_practices_for_variables_and_vaults`)
ansible_ssh_private_key_file ansible_ssh_private_key_file
Private key file used by ssh. Useful if using multiple keys and you don't want to use SSH agent. Private key file used by ssh. Useful if using multiple keys and you don't want to use SSH agent.
ansible_ssh_common_args ansible_ssh_common_args
@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ ansible_become_method
ansible_become_user ansible_become_user
Equivalent to ``ansible_sudo_user`` or ``ansible_su_user``, allows to set the user you become through privilege escalation Equivalent to ``ansible_sudo_user`` or ``ansible_su_user``, allows to set the user you become through privilege escalation
ansible_become_pass ansible_become_pass
Equivalent to ``ansible_sudo_pass`` or ``ansible_su_pass``, allows you to set the privilege escalation password (this is insecure, we strongly recommend using :option:`--ask-become-pass` or SSH keys) Equivalent to ``ansible_sudo_pass`` or ``ansible_su_pass``, allows you to set the privilege escalation password (never store this variable in plain text; always use a vault. See :ref:`best_practices_for_variables_and_vaults`)
Remote host environment parameters: Remote host environment parameters:

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