# unable to update user password in remote host

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-update-user-password-in-remote-host/24658>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 6, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-update-user-password-in-remote-host/24658 "2017-06-06T12:45:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Atindra\_Sarma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atindra\_Sarma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Atindra_Sarma)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-update-user-password-in-remote-host/24658/1 "2017-06-06T12:45:57Z")

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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:** [June 7, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-update-user-password-in-remote-host/24658/2 "2017-06-07T14:46:11Z")

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You have spaces after you equal sign and this make the name and password a empty string. Remove the spaces and it should work.