# How to trace the user module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-trace-the-user-module/25137>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 31, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-trace-the-user-module/25137 "2017-07-31T15:15:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cev\_Ing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Cev\_Ing](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cev_Ing)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-trace-the-user-module/25137/1 "2017-07-31T15:15:54Z")

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From time to time I have the situation, that the user module ties to change somthing, but I have no idea what. And when I proceed to run Ansible some change gets done, but I have no idea what might be different after the change. The user module does not seem to support the diff option. How can I analyse what the user module tries to change?

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**Author:** ![alikins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@alikins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alikins)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-trace-the-user-module/25137/2 "2017-08-02T14:42:11Z")

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The docs at [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_module.html) don’t mention it, but the user module does

return some info, so you can register its results and display it with debug.

Example playbook: