# Request for help in creating a new user

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-help-in-creating-a-new-user/16919>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 29, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-help-in-creating-a-new-user/16919 "2014-11-29T20:06:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xuxu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f0a364/32.png) [@xuxu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/xuxu)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-help-in-creating-a-new-user/16919/1 "2014-11-29T20:06:06Z")

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This is what my playbook looks like:

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**Author:** ![Mehul\_Ved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mehul\_Ved](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mehul_Ved)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-help-in-creating-a-new-user/16919/2 "2014-11-30T18:03:08Z")

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How about using the authorized\_key module  
[http://docs.ansible.com/authorized\_key\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/authorized_key_module.html)  
It has an option to specify which user to add the key to.