# Shouldn’t --user on command line overwrite ansible\_user?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/shouldn-t-user-on-command-line-overwrite-ansible-user/23870>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 3, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shouldn-t-user-on-command-line-overwrite-ansible-user/23870 "2017-03-03T08:17:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shouldn-t-user-on-command-line-overwrite-ansible-user/23870/1 "2017-03-03T08:17:19Z")

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Hi

In the host\_var file for the server I have ansible\_user set like this.

$ cat host\_vars/u1.yml