# mysql\_user module doesnt create user for RDS

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-user-module-doesnt-create-user-for-rds/15016>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 15, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-user-module-doesnt-create-user-for-rds/15016 "2014-04-15T11:15:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![prateek\_gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@prateek\_gupta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/prateek_gupta)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-user-module-doesnt-create-user-for-rds/15016/1 "2014-04-15T11:15:57Z")

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im trying to create a user for mysql DB rds and just trying to execute the following

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**Author:** ![Adam\_Morris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Adam\_Morris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Morris)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-user-module-doesnt-create-user-for-rds/15016/2 "2014-04-15T16:09:00Z")

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This is working as designed…

If you want the user created you should have state=present. What you are showing us makes sure that the user doesn’t exist.

(And you didn’t need to ask four times in two lists).

Adam