# how to fixed update\_password ?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-fixed-update-password/21819>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 21, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-fixed-update-password/21819 "2016-06-21T04:19:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Lin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Daniel\_Lin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Lin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-fixed-update-password/21819/1 "2016-06-21T04:19:51Z")

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`

- name: Create Active User  
user:  
name: “{{ item }}”  
uid: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].uid | default(omit) }}”  
comment: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].full\_name | default(‘’) }}”  
createhome: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].createhome | default(‘yes’) }}”  
group: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].group | default(omit) }}”  
groups: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].groups | default(‘’) | join(‘,’) }}”  
shell: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].shell | default(‘/bin/bash’) }}”  
append: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].append | default(‘no’) }}”  
state: “{{ management\_active\_users[item].state | default(‘present’) }}”  
with\_items: “{{ management\_active\_users }}”  
when: management\_active\_users is defined

- name: Setup Active User Password  
user:  
name: “{{ item }}”  
password: “{{ user\_passwd | password\_hash(‘sha512’) }}”  
update\_password: on\_create  
with\_items: “{{ management\_active\_users }}”  
when: management\_active\_users[item].password is defined

`

When I set up update\_password: on\_create is not working, still will update the user password, how can i fixed it ?