# Ansible send host with blank password

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-send-host-with-blank-password/24210>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 12, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-send-host-with-blank-password/24210 "2017-04-12T19:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Madhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@Madhu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Madhu)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-send-host-with-blank-password/24210/1 "2017-04-12T19:04:00Z")

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Hi,

I have a host which will not prompt for password after login as root. Is there any way ansible can pass without password? I tried with blank password using ansible\_ssh\_pass=“”. But it got struck in the set up state.

Can anybody please help?

Thanks,

Madhu