Updates to the authorized_key documentation

* Clarified the meaning of 'user'
* Changed 'sshdir' to 'path' in the example
  * 'sshdir' is used internally in the module, but the argument is 'path'
* Made the capitalization consistent in the descriptions
pull/3156/head
Joshua Lund 11 years ago
parent e204394c2c
commit 51c7441244

@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ version_added: "0.5"
options:
user:
description:
- Name of the user who should have access to the remote host
- The username on the remote host whose authorized_keys file will be modified
required: true
default: null
aliases: []
key:
description:
- the SSH public key, as a string
- The SSH public key, as a string
required: true
default: null
path:
@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ options:
version_added: "1.2"
state:
description:
- whether the given key should or should not be in the file
- Whether the given key should or should not be in the file
required: false
choices: [ "present", "absent" ]
default: "present"
description:
- "adds or removes authorized keys for particular user accounts"
- "Adds or removes authorized keys for particular user accounts"
author: Brad Olson
'''
@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
authorized_key: user=charlie key="{{ lookup('file', '/home/charlie/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
# Using alternate directory locations:
authorized_key: user=charlie key="{{ lookup('file', '/home/charlie/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}" sshdir='/etc/ssh/authorized_keys/charlie' manage_dir=no
authorized_key: user=charlie key="{{ lookup('file', '/home/charlie/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}" path='/etc/ssh/authorized_keys/charlie' manage_dir=no
'''
# Makes sure the public key line is present or absent in the user's .ssh/authorized_keys.

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