# Ansible-vault is not asking for password when creating a new vault key

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-is-not-asking-for-password-when-creating-a-new-vault-key/38077>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 9, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-is-not-asking-for-password-when-creating-a-new-vault-key/38077 "2023-06-09T17:44:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-is-not-asking-for-password-when-creating-a-new-vault-key/38077/1 "2023-06-09T17:44:37Z")

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Ansible-vault is not asking for password when creating a new vault key

ansible [core 2.11.12]  
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = [‘/home/user/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]  
ansible python module location = /home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible  
ansible collection location = /home/user/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections  
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible  
python version = 3.6.8 (default, Nov 16 2020, 16:55:22) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)]  
jinja version = 3.0.3  
libyaml = False