# User running inventory scripts

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/user-running-inventory-scripts/36055>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/user-running-inventory-scripts/36055 "2021-12-01T11:34:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ronald\_Wimmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Ronald\_Wimmer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ronald_Wimmer)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/user-running-inventory-scripts/36055/1 "2021-12-01T11:34:10Z")

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Hi!

How can I specify which OS user is used to run an Inventory Script? I need it to be run with an FreeIPA user in order to be able to use python ipalib (Kerberos).

Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated!

Cheers,  
Ronald