# Don't create user if it doesn't exist

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/dont-create-user-if-it-doesnt-exist/27079>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx-project\
**Created:** [March 22, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dont-create-user-if-it-doesnt-exist/27079 "2018-03-22T12:41:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlanCoding](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/alancoding/32/301_2.png) [@AlanCoding](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AlanCoding)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dont-create-user-if-it-doesnt-exist/27079/1 "2018-03-22T12:41:03Z")

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As far as I know, no. If I was in the situation, I might wind up doing something hacky like a command task that checks `tower-cli user get` and then uses the “changed” status in the result to make a decision.