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Tell user to make inventory plugin executable

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The current version mentions nothing about chmod +x'ing the rax.py file, which means you get a really weird error message when you try to follow it:

```
raise ValueError, "No closing quotation"
```

... from deep inside shlex.py. I'm sure that makes sense if you realized that meant that it was trying to parse `rax.py` as an ini file...
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rax.py rax.py
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To use the rackspace dynamic inventory script, copy ``rax.py`` from ``plugins/inventory`` into your inventory directory. You can specify credentials To use the rackspace dynamic inventory script, copy ``rax.py`` from ``plugins/inventory`` into your inventory directory and make it executable. You can specify credentials for ``rax.py`` utilizing the ``RAX_CREDS_FILE`` environment variable.
for ``rax.py`` utilizing the ``RAX_CREDS_FILE`` environment variable.
.. note:: Users of :doc:`tower` will note that dynamic inventory is natively supported by Tower, and all you have to do is associate a group with your Rackspace Cloud credentials, and it will easily synchronize without going through these steps:: .. note:: Users of :doc:`tower` will note that dynamic inventory is natively supported by Tower, and all you have to do is associate a group with your Rackspace Cloud credentials, and it will easily synchronize without going through these steps::