# ansible template's chown part fails on ubuntu server 14.04 but works on ubuntu desktop trusty

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**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-templates-chown-part-fails-on-ubuntu-server-14-04-but-works-on-ubuntu-desktop-trusty/24550 "2017-05-23T12:30:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-templates-chown-part-fails-on-ubuntu-server-14-04-but-works-on-ubuntu-desktop-trusty/24550/1 "2017-05-23T12:30:59Z")

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i have something like this:

- name: Setup client IP in Proxy Balancer  
become: yes  
template:  
src: templates/proxy\_balancer.conf  
dest: ./new\_proxy\_balancer  
owner: root  
group: root  
mode: 0644  
tags: hello

this works great on ubuntu desktop 14.04 but the same file fails on chown part on ubuntu desktop. i’ve tried everything w.r.t. sudo and become, etc. the playbook works only when run with sudo. Ansible (2.3.0) and python (2.7.6)

What am i missing?  
Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions.