[ansible-project] Re: thoroughly stumped on ssh key issue; ansible not reading /root/.ssh/config? (missing something simple?).

After a bit more reading and learning, I have found that using the ansible option: ansible_ssh_user is the way to select the ssh user in ansible. It can be placed in ansible's hosts file, in a playbook or on the command line. In a playbook for example: --- - hosts: ubuntu14-docker *vars:* *-

[ansible-project] Re: thoroughly stumped on ssh key issue; ansible not reading /root/.ssh/config? (missing something simple?).

I am having a similar problem to Jason's example. Using ansible version 1.8.4 installed via brew on OS X 10.10.2 machine, ansible is only able to access machines that have root ssh login enabled and only if I use the -k option in ansible. Using -k option, ansible logs in as root and works. If I