# Custom password prompt guidance

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-password-prompt-guidance/36060>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-password-prompt-guidance/36060 "2021-12-02T19:56:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Paul](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-password-prompt-guidance/36060/1 "2021-12-02T19:56:21Z")

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I’ve no problem using network\_cli to most network devices. But there are a few with non standard password prompts. Sometime like  
“Password for myuser@myhost@mydot.com:”

I’ve not seen a straightforward way to pass a playbook a customized password prompt.  
Any suggestions?