# Ansible passwordless login not working

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-passwordless-login-not-working/31991>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-passwordless-login-not-working/31991 "2020-01-16T09:58:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Douglas\_Evert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Douglas\_Evert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Douglas_Evert)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-passwordless-login-not-working/31991/1 "2020-01-16T09:58:46Z")

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When adding a public key are you adding it to an amiable user or to another user and does your ping work if you pass —ask-pass?

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**Author:** ![Yehuda\_Pinhas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@Yehuda\_Pinhas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yehuda_Pinhas)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-passwordless-login-not-working/31991/2 "2020-01-16T10:02:47Z")

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Hi Douglas,  
This is the result of --ask-pass:

 ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/7/7c84f7c4a6f7e6262de27891511a19c427174dc0.png)

I have no idea what that means haha. What do you think?