fablib methods that use execute under the covers silently fail (after timeout) when the user ssh key is encrypted

[nbastin]

Many (all?) methods that use execute in fablib (for example interface.get_ip_link, etc.) silently fail when you have an encrypted private key (e.g. they eat the exception and do not propagate it to the caller). Unfortunately they also still retry N times with the configured timeout, so you wait forever for nothing to happen.

[sajith]

@nbastin Thank you for filing an issue about this. By encrypted ssh private keys, you mean that they are passphrase-protected? Just wanted to be sure. :-)

[nbastin]

Yes, those that require a passphrase.