You should not need to run ansible as root, nor should you have other administrative privileges for running it. Also the installation with pip should not need root/admin: Follow https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-and-upgrading-ansible-with-pip
On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 16:45, dmastrop <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi all > > I have an issue with the ansible installation on Mac. > I was able to install ansible without issue on a Cloud9 ubuntu compute > instance, EC2 instances, etc, but I am having a permissions issue on the Mac. > > > > I have to run with sudo > With sudo this is the ansibile --version > > % sudo ansible --version > Password: > ansible [core 2.15.2] > config file = None > configured module search path = ['/Users/xxxx/.ansible/plugins/modules', > '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] > ansible python module location = > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible > ansible collection location = > /Users/xxxx/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections > executable location = > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/ansible > python version = 3.11.4 (v3.11.4:d2340ef257, Jun 6 2023, 19:15:51) [Clang > 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.30)] > (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/python3.11) > jinja version = 3.1.2 > > libyaml = True > > > > > I am logged into the Mac as user xxxx with administrator privileges. > > > > when I run the ansible version without sudo I get the following backtrace. > (I don't know why it is referencing python 3.7. It initially installed with > module location of 3.7 but that was fixed and from output above it has the > 3.11 module location). > > > > > % ansible --version > > Unhandled error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 605, in update_config_data > > value, origin = self.get_config_value_and_origin(config, configfile) > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 543, in get_config_value_and_origin > > value = ensure_type(value, defs[config].get('type'), origin=origin) > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 124, in ensure_type > > value = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=prefix, dir=value) > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/tempfile.py", > line 366, in mkdtemp > > _os.mkdir(file, 0o700) > > PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x' > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 605, in update_config_data > > value, origin = self.get_config_value_and_origin(config, configfile) > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 543, in get_config_value_and_origin > > value = ensure_type(value, defs[config].get('type'), origin=origin) > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 124, in ensure_type > > value = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=prefix, dir=value) > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/tempfile.py", > line 366, in mkdtemp > > _os.mkdir(file, 0o700) > > PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x' > > > > During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin//ansible", line > 63, in <module> > > import ansible.constants as C > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/constants.py", > line 181, in <module> > > config = ConfigManager() > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 310, in __init__ > > self.update_config_data() > > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", > line 617, in update_config_data > > raise AnsibleError("Invalid settings supplied for %s: %s\n" % (config, > to_native(e)), orig_exc=e) > > ansible.errors.AnsibleError: Invalid settings supplied for DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP: > [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x' > > . [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x' > > > > > > > > > It seems to be an issue with this tmp directory: > > > > '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x' > > > > I tried getting into the this tmp directory and get permission denied as it > is owned by root > > > > % ls -la > > total 0 > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root staff 128 May 23 18:01 . > > drwxr-xr-x+ 50 xxx staff 1600 Aug 3 18:08 .. > > drwx------ 2 root staff 64 May 23 18:02 cp > > drwx------ 2 root staff 64 Aug 3 18:23 tmp > > > > Is there a fix for this? > > > warm regards > > Dave > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/0f41a82e-cf87-4290-b9c3-487ba54821c2n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. 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