# Use synchronize module with user different than ansible\_ssh\_user **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 24, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-synchronize-module-with-user-different-than-ansible-ssh-user/13992 "2013-11-24T23:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jacek\_Bzdak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Jacek\_Bzdak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jacek_Bzdak)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-synchronize-module-with-user-different-than-ansible-ssh-user/13992/1 "2013-11-24T23:57:05Z")
My playbook consists of two steps: - Setup remote user (one of possibly many), and do stuff that require root - Login to this user and do rest without privileges It seems that synchronize module doesn’t play well with it. It seems that it tries to login to ansible\_ssh\_user despite the fact that I specified remote\_user. This might be a bug, or just simple misunderstanding from mu side. In any case could you please tell me how to make it work? Here is excerpt from the playbook: ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-synchronize-module-with-user-different-than-ansible-ssh-user/13992/2 "2013-11-25T18:45:02Z")
What is “ansible --version” ? ---
**Author:** ![Jacek\_Bzdak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Jacek\_Bzdak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jacek_Bzdak)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-synchronize-module-with-user-different-than-ansible-ssh-user/13992/3 "2013-11-27T22:20:04Z")
I use current version: $ ansible --version ansible 1.4 PS. I somehow missed your response. W dniu poniedziałek, 25 listopada 2013 19:45:02 UTC+1 użytkownik Michael DeHaan napisał: