Merge c8d3acb75f into d36a289deb

Docs/authorized_key: clarify that the path key should probably NOT be set

SUMMARY

Docs: Fixed unclearance in documentation connected wirh relative path
Added additional description in documentation.

ISSUE TYPE


Docs Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

authorized_key.py
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Clarify the documentation unclearance in connected with relative path ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
The purpose of the pull request is to eliminate ambiguities in the documentation.
In our case, when using the ~ sign, we get the user's root directory (although we explicitly specify a different username)
Here is the issue and full picture of problem which we want to fix: LINK

Closese:  #483

Reviewed-by: Gonéri Le Bouder <goneri@lebouder.net>
Reviewed-by: atom4git
Reviewed-by: Hideki Saito <saito@fgrep.org>

changelogs/fragments/490_doc_authorized_key_path.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - "Bugfix in the documentation regarding the path option for authorised_key(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/483)."

plugins/modules/authorized_key.py

@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ options:
     required: true
   path:
     description:
-      - Alternate path to the authorized_keys file.
+      - Alternative path to the authorized_keys file.
-      - When unset, this value defaults to I(~/.ssh/authorized_keys).
+      - The default value is the C(.ssh/authorized_keys) of the home of the user specified in the O(user) parameter.
+      - Most of the time, it's not necessary to set this key.
+      - Use the path to your target authorized_keys if you need to explicitly point on it.
     type: path
   manage_dir:
     description:

plugins/modules/synchronize.py

@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ def main():
         except ValueError:
             module.fail_json(msg='Could not determine controller hostname for rsync to send to')
     else:
-        source = module.params['src']
+        source = '"' + module.params['src'] + '"'
-        dest = module.params['dest']
+        dest = '"' + module.params['dest'] + '"'
     dest_port = module.params['dest_port']
     delete = module.params['delete']
     private_key = module.params['private_key']