# Ansible - configuring windows win\_acl

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-configuring-windows-win-acl/19874>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [November 27, 2015, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-configuring-windows-win-acl/19874 "2015-11-27T10:12:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Larion\_Ciprian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Larion\_Ciprian](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Larion_Ciprian)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-configuring-windows-win-acl/19874/1 "2015-11-27T10:12:53Z")

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I am struggling for some time now to get some permission on a windows folder for some domain users but it looks like my users are not recognized.

The kerberos authentication between my Linux machine and windows domain work correctly.

I can grant access to already created local users. I am using a domain admin to run the ansible playbook.

I have tried different combinations like domain\userdomain , domain\userdomain, userdomain@domain, DOMAIN\USERDOMAIN, DOMAIN\USERDOMAIN

I am running out of ideas, would you please give me some advise?

Message that I get is : FAILED \>\> { “failed”: true, “msg”: “domain\domainuser is not a valid user or group on the host machine or domain” }

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**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-configuring-windows-win-acl/19874/2 "2015-11-28T08:42:48Z")

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Can you share your playbook, it's hard to make suggestions without some context?