# issue: ansible ad-hoc command -u root and -u oracle with -a id giving same output **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Created:** [April 23, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171 "2019-04-23T17:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Naren1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Naren1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Naren1)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171/1 "2019-04-23T17:55:43Z")
I am expecting “id” command to show the user details passed to “-u \\> uid=500(oracle) gid=500(dba) groups=500(dba) $ ansible -i hosts.ini db -u **oracle** -m shell -a id host1 | SUCCESS | rc=0 \>\> uid=500(oracle) gid=500(dba) groups=500(dba) $ ansible -i hosts.ini db -u **applmgr** -m shell -a id host1 | SUCCESS | rc=0 \>\> uid=500(oracle) gid=500(dba) groups=500(dba) $ ![ansible_id.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/b/bf9f5af395ceee13d301c7a2b9d64d310038bbd7.png) ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171/2 "2019-04-23T18:19:28Z")
Do you have `ansible_user` defined in your `hosts.ini` file? If so, the inventory var will win over the CLI value. See [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/playbooks\_variables.html#variable-precedence-where-should-i-put-a-variable](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html#variable-precedence-where-should-i-put-a-variable) > **(attachments)** > > ![ansible_id.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/b/bf9f5af395ceee13d301c7a2b9d64d310038bbd7.png) ---
**Author:** ![Naren1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Naren1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Naren1)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171/3 "2019-04-23T23:51:02Z")
Thanks so much, it worked however, still having issue with a specific group, let me re-review and see… Thanks again and Regards,Naren ---
**Author:** ![Naren1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Naren1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Naren1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171/4 "2019-04-24T00:09:33Z")
Provided my inventory file at the end Below 3 commands are returning same output, that is, “applmgr” user’s information rather than their corresponding “ansible\_user” info 1. ansible -i test.ini db -m shell -a ‘id;pwd;ls;hostname’ 2. ansible -i test.ini mt -m shell -a ‘id;pwd;ls;hostname’ 3. ansible -i test.ini root -m shell -a ‘id;pwd;ls;hostname’ please see, what am i missing here ? **Below is my inventory file** : $ cat test.ini [db] host1 ansible\_user=oracle [root] host1 ansible\_user=root [mt] host1 ansible\_user=applmgr ---
**Author:** ![Naren1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Naren1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Naren1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171/5 "2019-04-24T00:22:35Z")
Continuation to previous updated issue… What I observed is - ansible is always picking “last” group in the test.ini file I have changed the order of groups, below is the complete contents of .ini file $ cat test.ini [root] host1 ansible\_user=root [mt] host1 ansible\_user=applmgr [db] host1 ansible\_user=oracle all 3 commands show “oracle” user’s information rather than their corresponding user’s info 1. ansible -i test.ini db -m shell -a ‘id;pwd;ls;hostname’ 2. ansible -i test.ini mt -m shell -a ‘id;pwd;ls;hostname’ 3. ansible -i test.ini root -m shell -a ‘id;pwd;ls;hostname’ ---
**Author:** ![cassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cassell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cassell)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171/6 "2019-04-24T01:53:31Z")
> Continuation to previous updated issue... > > What I observed is - ansible is always picking "last" group in the test.ini > file If a single host is in multiple groups, the last definition of a variable wins. When you specify a group to target, ansible internally converts it to a list of hosts. Once any groups have been resolved to hosts, ansible has no concept of which group any host was requested from. > I have changed the order of groups, below is the complete contents of .ini > file > > $ cat test.ini > [root] > host1 ansible\_user=root root-host1 ansible\_host=host1 ansible\_user=root > [mt] > host1 ansible\_user=applmgr mt-host1 ansible\_host=host1 ansible\_user=applmgr > [db] > host1 ansible\_user=oracle Etc. You could use such a workaround. V/r, James Cassell ---
**Author:** ![Naren1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Naren1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Naren1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-ansible-ad-hoc-command-u-root-and-u-oracle-with-a-id-giving-same-output/30171/7 "2019-04-24T11:26:57Z")
Great, thank you for the explanation and the solution… Thanks again and Regards, Naren