# Change own password from non-root account **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 30, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-own-password-from-non-root-account/23596 "2017-01-30T14:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mhh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mhh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-own-password-from-non-root-account/23596/1 "2017-01-30T14:03:53Z")
Is possible to change own password from non-root account ? I found example, but it is not working. I did not find any info about ansible\_ssh\_newpass variable. Playbook - hosts: my tasks: - shell: ‘printf “%s\n” oldpass newpass newpass | passwd’ Iventory [my] [myexample.com](http://myexample.com) [my:vars] ansible\_connection=ssh ansible\_ssh\_user=myuser ansible\_ssh\_pass=oldpass ansible\_ssh\_newpass=newpass ansible\_ssh\_common\_args=‘-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no’ [http://serverfault.com/questions/779165/via-ansible-change-password-of-non-root-account-using-passwd-command-and-picking?answertab=votes#tab-top](http://serverfault.com/questions/779165/via-ansible-change-password-of-non-root-account-using-passwd-command-and-picking?answertab=votes#tab-top) EDIT: I found that shell: ‘printf “%s\n” oldpass newpass newpass | passwd’ actually works only when your password is not expired, and if you already logged on the server. Can anyone confirm it? Is there any proper way to change it? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-own-password-from-non-root-account/23596/2 "2017-01-30T14:49:45Z")
The variable ansible\_ssh\_newpass is not something Ansible knows about nor supports.