# var for --ask-pass ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 4, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056 "2019-04-04T06:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sergey.mihailov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sergey.mihailov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sergey.mihailov)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/1 "2019-04-04T06:18:57Z")
I start playbook : ansible-playbook win\_install\_ascon.yml --ask-pass define in playbook: … ansible\_become\_pass: “{{ remote\_pass }}” … OUT: … FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “The field ‘become\_pass’ has an invalid value, which includes an undefined variable. The error was: ‘remote\_pass’ is undefined”} … What variable is the password in? I do not want to enter the password twice when: ansible-playbook win\_install\_ascon.yml --ask-pass --ask-become-pass I do not want to use ansible-vault Thank. ---
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Rao](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raghavendra_Rao)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/2 "2019-04-04T06:36:32Z")
> I start playbook : ansible-playbook win\_install\_ascon.yml --ask-pass > > define in playbook: > … > ansible\_become\_pass: “{{ remote\_pass }}” > … > > OUT: > … > > FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “The field ‘become\_pass’ has an invalid value, which includes an undefined variable. The error was: ‘remote\_pass’ is undefined”} > … > > What variable is the password in? > > I do not want to enter the password twice when: ansible-playbook win\_install\_ascon.yml --ask-pass --ask-become-pass > I do not want to use ansible-vault This has nothing to do with ansible vault unless you have vault protected files included in your playbook. –ask-pass is used for providing a connection password. i.e a way in which the ansible control node talks to the remote systems –ask-become-pass is used for providing a pasword for the become\_method. for e.g a password for sudo or su… If you don’t have passwordless sudo or su set + do not have SSH keys setup, you have to use both of them in a command. Refer: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/intro\_getting\_started.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_getting_started.html) -R.Rao ---
**Author:** ![sergey.mihailov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sergey.mihailov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sergey.mihailov)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/3 "2019-04-04T06:47:20Z")
its for windows. Those are not possible to take one variable from the command line and I will have to type the same password twice? ---
**Author:** ![cassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cassell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cassell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/4 "2019-04-04T13:21:06Z")
> I start playbook : ansible-playbook win\_install\_ascon.yml --ask-pass > > define in playbook: > ... > ansible\_become\_pass: "{{ remote\_pass }}" ansible\_become\_password: "{{ ansible\_password }}" V/r, James Cassell ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/5 "2019-04-04T19:40:23Z")
if you do --ask-pass and --ask-become-password, you only need to enter it once, the 2nd defaults to the first. ---
**Author:** ![sergey.mihailov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sergey.mihailov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sergey.mihailov)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/6 "2019-04-05T08:42:24Z")
sorry: FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “The field ‘become\_pass’ has an invalid value, which includes an undefined variable. The error was: ‘ansible\_password’ is undefined”} ---
**Author:** ![sergey.mihailov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sergey.mihailov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sergey.mihailov)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/7 "2019-04-05T08:57:14Z")
sorry. ansible-playbook win\_install\_ascon.yml --ask-pass --ask-become-password Usage: ansible-playbook [options] playbook.yml [playbook2 …] ansible-playbook: error: no such option: --ask-become-password ---
**Author:** ![sergey.mihailov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sergey.mihailov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sergey.mihailov)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/8 "2019-04-05T09:15:27Z")
sorry! !!! I made error ☹ I run : ansible-playbook win\_install\_ascon.yml --ask-pass --ask-become-pass pass enter enter ALL WORKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ---
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Rao](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raghavendra_Rao)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-for-ask-pass/30056/9 "2019-04-05T12:15:57Z")
Ok