diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/users/root.yml b/roles/base/tasks/users/root.yml
index 07fc04e..9a30397 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/users/root.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/users/root.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 - name: users | {{ user }} | getent user home directory
   getent:
     database: passwd
-    key: "root"
+    key: "{{ user }}"
     split: ":"
     fail_key: no
 
 - name: users | root | copy ~/validate-rsync.sh
   copy:
-    dest: "{{ getent_passwd["root"][4] }}/validate-rsync.sh"
+    dest: "{{ getent_passwd[user][4] }}/validate-rsync.sh"
     src: "validate-rsync.sh"
     mode: "0744"