set host_key_checking check to False, rather than if not (which captures False and None) (#75168) (#76206)

* set host_key_checking check to False, rather than if not (which captures False and None)
* add host_key_checking default to ssh.py / update documentation

(cherry picked from commit d527be8a52)

Co-authored-by: James Spurin <james@spurin.com>

changelogs/fragments/set-ssh-host_key_checking-defaults.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - set ssh host_key_checking defaults to True, restoring original behaviour (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75168)

lib/ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
                - name: delegated_vars['ansible_ssh_host']
       host_key_checking:
           description: Determines if ssh should check host keys
+          default: True
           type: boolean
           ini:
               - section: defaults
@@ -666,7 +667,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             self._add_args(b_command, b_args, u"ansible.cfg set ssh_args")
 
         # Now we add various arguments that have their own specific settings defined in docs above.
-        if not self.get_option('host_key_checking'):
+        if self.get_option('host_key_checking') is False:
             b_args = (b"-o", b"StrictHostKeyChecking=no")
             self._add_args(b_command, b_args, u"ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING/host_key_checking disabled")