Settings for ansible_shell_type in inventory file not work

[WD Wang]

hi,

I can use the command below to send some files to remote:

$ ansible -e 'ansible_shell_type=sh' -i hosts -m synchronize -a "src=node_modules/ dest=/tmp/node_modules/"  dev

host1 | SUCCESS => {

    "changed": false,

    "cmd": "/usr/bin/rsync --delay-updates -F --compress --archive --rsh '/usr/bin/ssh  -S none -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' --out-format='<<CHANGED>>%i %n%L' \"/Users/wd/work/vata_nodejs/node_modules/\" \"host1:/tmp/node_modules/\"",

    "msg": "",

    "rc": 0,

    "stdout_lines": []

}

But if I set 'ansible_shell_type=sh' as blow in inventory file:

[dev]

host1

[dev:vars]

ansible_shell_type=sh

And then use command below to test:

$ ansible -i dev -m synchronize -a "src=node_modules/ dest=/tmp/node_modules/"  dev

host1 | FAILED! => {

    "failed": true,

    "msg": "Invalid shell type specified (zsh), or the plugin for that shell type is missing."

}

It seems the settings I added not work, am I made some misunderstand about the host vars ?

[Johannes Kastl]

On 21.04.16 11:02 WD Wang wrote:

> $ ansible -i dev -m synchronize -a "src=node_modules/

^^^^^^^

Is this just a typo in your mail? Before you use '... -i hosts ...',
maybe this leads to your error?

Johannes