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@ -207,12 +207,15 @@ it&#8217;s much better to just use ssh-agent.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>ansible atlanta -a <span class="s2">&quot;/sbin/reboot&quot;</span> -f 10
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<p>If you want to run commands as a different user than root, it looks like this:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>ansible atlanta -a <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/foo&quot;</span> -u yourname
<p>In 0.7 and later, this will default to running from your user account. If you do not like this
behavior, pass in &#8220;-u username&#8221;. (In 0.6 and before, it defaulted to root. Most folks prefered
defaulting to the current user, so we changed it).</p>
<p>If you want to run commands as a different user, it looks like this:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>ansible atlanta -a <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/foo&quot;</span> -u username
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<p>If you want to run commands through sudo:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>ansible atlanta -a <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/foo&quot;</span> -u yourname --sudo <span class="o">[</span>--ask-sudo-pass<span class="o">]</span>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>ansible atlanta -a <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/foo&quot;</span> -u username --sudo <span class="o">[</span>--ask-sudo-pass<span class="o">]</span>
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<p>Use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--ask-sudo-pass</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-K</span></tt>) if you are not using passwordless
@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ Use of passwordless sudo makes things easier to automate, but it&#8217;s not
required.</p>
<p>It is also possible to sudo to a user other than root using
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--sudo-user</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-U</span></tt>):</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>ansible atlanta -a <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/foo&quot;</span> -u yourname -U otheruser <span class="o">[</span>--ask-sudo-pass<span class="o">]</span>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>ansible atlanta -a <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/foo&quot;</span> -u username -U otheruser <span class="o">[</span>--ask-sudo-pass<span class="o">]</span>
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<p>Ok, so those are basics. If you didn&#8217;t read about patterns and groups yet, go back and read <a class="reference internal" href="patterns.html"><em>Inventory &amp; Patterns</em></a>.</p>