Fix #34648 (#34828)

saltstack · Jul 20, 2016 · 6c35d88 · 6c35d88
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diff --git a/doc/topics/troubleshooting/yaml_idiosyncrasies.rst b/doc/topics/troubleshooting/yaml_idiosyncrasies.rst
@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@ versions will also be loaded as booleans (``true``, ``false``, ``yes``, ``no``,
 Pillar data. Make sure that your Pillars which need to use the string versions
 of these values are enclosed in quotes.
 
+The '%' Sign
+============
+
+The `%` symbol has a special meaning in YAML, it needs to be passed as a
+string literal:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    cheese:
+      ssh_auth.present:
+        - user: tbortels
+        - source: salt://ssh_keys/chease.pub
+        - config: '%h/.ssh/authorized_keys'
+
 Integers are Parsed as Integers
 ===============================
 

diff --git a/salt/states/ssh_auth.py b/salt/states/ssh_auth.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       ssh_auth.present:
         - user: root
         - source: salt://ssh_keys/thatch.id_rsa.pub
-        - config: %h/.ssh/authorized_keys
+        - config: '%h/.ssh/authorized_keys'
 
     sshkeys:
       ssh_auth.present: