# SSH using non-admin user, then sudo using admin user

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-using-non-admin-user-then-sudo-using-admin-user/26765>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [February 16, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-using-non-admin-user-then-sudo-using-admin-user/26765 "2018-02-16T18:25:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-using-non-admin-user-then-sudo-using-admin-user/26765/1 "2018-02-16T18:25:50Z")

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Ansible cannot do what your system cannot do, if you cannot login and  
gain admin privileges Ansible will not hack the system to give them to  
you.

Ansible reuses existing login/escalation, it does not create it for you.