# "become" is being ignored by ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-is-being-ignored-by-ansible/34538>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-is-being-ignored-by-ansible/34538 "2021-01-29T14:36:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-is-being-ignored-by-ansible/34538/1 "2021-01-29T14:36:30Z")

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become\_user is the 'user you want to become' after privilege  
escalation, you are setting it as the same as remote\_user which is a  
noop, don't set it and the default (root) will do what you want.