# Short option for --ask-become-password

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/short-option-for-ask-become-password/20374>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 28, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/short-option-for-ask-become-password/20374 "2016-01-28T19:38:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Anand\_Buddhdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Anand\_Buddhdev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anand_Buddhdev)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/short-option-for-ask-become-password/20374/1 "2016-01-28T19:38:43Z")

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Dear Ansible devs,

I really like the -sK combination to tell ansible to use sudo and prompt me for the password, for playbooks where I need sudo.

Since both of these options have been deprecated, I am happy to use --become. However, I would really appreciate an accompanying short option for the password, because --ask-become-password is just too long. I think I had mentioned this before, and someone (Brian Coca?) had said that 2.0 final would have something, but I don’t see it.

Do you think you could add this feature in?

Anand

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/short-option-for-ask-become-password/20374/2 "2016-01-28T19:50:54Z")

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-K still acts as a 'short version'

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**Author:** ![Anand\_Buddhdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Anand\_Buddhdev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anand_Buddhdev)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/short-option-for-ask-become-password/20374/3 "2016-01-28T20:05:06Z")

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Thanks Brian. But do you have plans to have another short option for when -K is removed?

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/short-option-for-ask-become-password/20374/4 "2016-01-28T20:35:02Z")

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-K will be moved to --become