# how to specify a user name in an ansible host entry

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-specify-a-user-name-in-an-ansible-host-entry/12688>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [April 16, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-specify-a-user-name-in-an-ansible-host-entry/12688 "2013-04-16T17:31:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-specify-a-user-name-in-an-ansible-host-entry/12688/1 "2013-04-16T17:31:21Z")

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Have a look at the end of this entry: [http://ansible.cc/docs/patterns.html#hosts-and-groups](http://ansible.cc/docs/patterns.html#hosts-and-groups)

Serge  
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**Author:** ![john\_Sanabria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@john\_Sanabria](https://forum.ansible.com/u/john_Sanabria)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-specify-a-user-name-in-an-ansible-host-entry/12688/2 "2013-04-16T22:17:02Z")

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Thanks! 🙂