title: Ansible root/password login
body: <p>I'm trying to use Ansible to provision a server and the first thing I want to do is test the ssh access. If I use ssh directly I can log in fine...</p>
  
  <pre><code>ssh root@server
  root@backups's password:
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I use Ansible I can't...</p>
  
  <pre><code>user@ansible:~$ ansible backups -m ping --user root --ask-pass
  SSH password: 
  backups | UNREACHABLE! =&gt; {
      "changed": false, 
      "msg": "Invalid/incorrect password: Permission denied, please try again.", 
      "unreachable": true
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The password I'm using is correct - 100%.</p>
  
  <p>Before anyone suggests using SSH keys - that's what part of what I'm looking to automate.</p>