# APT module is failing with sudo on Mac 10.9.X control machine **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-failing-with-sudo-on-mac-10-9-x-control-machine/15369 "2014-05-29T19:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bikash\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bikash\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bikash_B)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-failing-with-sudo-on-mac-10-9-x-control-machine/15369/1 "2014-05-29T19:10:28Z")
For last 2 days, i have been struggling with a rather puzzling issue. I have installed/uninstalled ansible multiple times suspecting it might be the issue with the installation itself. But all in vain. I tried multiple versions of ansible already in ubuntu but no issue as such. Please help ` ~/a/p/statserver git:master ❯❯❯ cat hosts ✱ ◼ 192.168.33.12 ansible\_ssh\_port=22 ~/a/p/statserver git:master ❯❯❯ cat test.yml ✱ ◼ ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Badel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@Fred\_Badel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fred_Badel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-failing-with-sudo-on-mac-10-9-x-control-machine/15369/2 "2014-05-29T19:23:18Z")
IMHO “sudo\_user: vagrant” means that you’re running “sudo -u vagrant …”, therefore you’re not running this command as root. Try to remove the “sudo\_user:” from your playbook. Cheers, Fred ---
**Author:** ![Kaji\_Bikash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kaji\_Bikash](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kaji_Bikash)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-is-failing-with-sudo-on-mac-10-9-x-control-machine/15369/3 "2014-05-29T19:30:11Z")
🙂 yeah that did it. How could I have missed it !!! Thanks for the clarification.