# ansible-playbook --ask-become-user in vault file?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ask-become-user-in-vault-file/33178>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 14, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ask-become-user-in-vault-file/33178 "2020-06-14T22:20:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ask-become-user-in-vault-file/33178/1 "2020-06-14T22:20:09Z")

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can i put a sudo password and other passwords together in a vault file?

when i run thios playbook, i want it to read the vault file w/o asking me for the password anymore

ansible-playbook --ask-vault-pass vcenter\_sddc\_deploy.yml --ask-become-pass -vvv

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ask-become-user-in-vault-file/33178/2 "2020-06-15T02:55:31Z")

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Yes, see  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/become.html#become-connection-variables](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/become.html#become-connection-variables)

> can i put a sudo password and other passwords together in a vault file?

> when i run thios playbook, i want it to read the vault file w/o asking me for the password anymore
> 
> ansible-playbook --ask-vault-pass vcenter\_sddc\_deploy.yml --ask-become-pass -vvv

Specifying above ‘–ask…’ options will do the opposite (ask for password) from what you want (don’t ask).  
So don’t use those options I you don’t want to get asked.