# "Timeout (17s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt: "

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-17s-waiting-for-privilege-escalation-prompt/36368>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-17s-waiting-for-privilege-escalation-prompt/36368 "2022-02-24T21:22:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-17s-waiting-for-privilege-escalation-prompt/36368/1 "2022-02-24T21:22:01Z")

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It sounds like your inventory states `ansible_become=true` which forces become for every execution, but your inventory does not include `ansible_become_password`.

When specifying the same user for `--become-user` that you are logging in as, effectively disables become, and doesn’t require a password.