Is --user meant to override the remote_user in the playbook? Because it doesn't seem to

[Josh Grigonis]

If this is the start of my playbook:

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- hosts: all
  remote_user: root

And then I run this command line:

ansible-playbook foo.yml -u ec2-user -vvvv

I still see this in the output:

   

 -o User=root

I would expect the command line to take precedence.

[Brian Coca]

no, the command line option overrides the built in default and/or ansible.cfg, the remote_user in the play or ansible_user/ansible_ssh_user in inventory are considered 'more specific' and override this command line setting.

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Brian Coca