# become method - pbrun and su

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-method-pbrun-and-su/22066>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-method-pbrun-and-su/22066 "2016-07-20T20:23:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Veda\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bbce88/32.png) [@Veda\_K](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Veda_K)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-method-pbrun-and-su/22066/1 "2016-07-20T20:23:10Z")

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Hi,

On our servers we usually do pbrun su - to switch to a privileged application user. These application users have no password set.

But Ansible’s become\_method only supports any one method either pbrun or su or sudo.

Sudo is not an option as once servers are in production we loose root/sudo access completely.

Is there any other way that I can use pbrun su ? Did anyone come across this scenario ?

Regards,  
Veda

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-method-pbrun-and-su/22066/2 "2016-07-21T07:09:53Z")

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This has been asked and answered many times, search and you'll find

[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/sudo$20su](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/sudo$20su)  
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/su$20pbrun](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/su$20pbrun)

[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ansible-project/v7\_ShNALPC8/JLSTcBp6DQAJ](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ansible-project/v7_ShNALPC8/JLSTcBp6DQAJ)