Fix ssh_known_hosts.present excpetion when specified user not present

changelog/62049.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a TypeError exception thrown by ssh_known_hosts.present when the specified user account does not exist

salt/modules/ssh.py

@@ -972,6 +972,8 @@ def check_known_host(
         port=port,
         fingerprint_hash_type=fingerprint_hash_type,
     )
+    if known_host_entries and "error" in known_host_entries:
+        return known_host_entries
     known_keys = [h["key"] for h in known_host_entries] if known_host_entries else []
     known_fingerprints = (
         [h["fingerprint"] for h in known_host_entries] if known_host_entries else []
@@ -1117,6 +1119,9 @@ def set_known_host(
         port=port,
         fingerprint_hash_type=fingerprint_hash_type,
     )
+    if stored_host_entries and "error" in stored_host_entries:
+        return stored_host_entries
+
     stored_keys = (
         [h["key"] for h in stored_host_entries if enc is None or h["enc"] == enc]
         if stored_host_entries

salt/states/ssh_known_hosts.py

@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ def present(
             ret["comment"] = f"ssh.check_known_host error: {err}"
             return ret
 
+        if isinstance(result, dict) and "error" in result:
+            ret["result"] = False
+            ret["comment"] = result["error"]
+            return ret
         if result == "exists":
             comment = f"Host {name} is already in {config}"
             ret["result"] = True

tests/integration/modules/test_ssh.py

@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ def test_check_known_host_exists(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(ret, "exists")
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow_test
+    def test_check_known_host_get_known_host_entries_error(self):
+        """
+        Return the error from get_known_host_entries, if supplied
+        """
+        arg = ["baduser", "github.com"]
+        ret = self.run_function("ssh.check_known_host", arg)
+        assert "error" in ret
+        assert "User baduser does not exist" in ret["error"]
+
     @pytest.mark.slow_test
     def test_rm_known_host(self):
         """

tests/integration/states/test_ssh_known_hosts.py

@@ -98,12 +98,22 @@ def test_present(self):
     @pytest.mark.slow_test
     def test_present_fail(self):
         # save something wrong
+        kwargs = {
+            "name": "github.com",
+            "user": "root",
+            "enc": "ssh-rsa",
+            "fingerprint": "aa:bb:cc:dd",
+            "config": self.known_hosts,
+        }
+        ret = self.run_state("ssh_known_hosts.present", **kwargs)
+        self.assertSaltFalseReturn(ret)
+        # Missing user.
+        kwargs["user"] = "baduser"
+        kwargs["fingerprint"] = GITHUB_FINGERPRINT
+        del kwargs["config"]
         ret = self.run_state(
             "ssh_known_hosts.present",
-            name="github.com",
-            user="root",
-            fingerprint="aa:bb:cc:dd",
-            config=self.known_hosts,
+            **kwargs,
         )
         self.assertSaltFalseReturn(ret)