# can't open file 'setup'

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-open-file-setup/19384>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 30, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-open-file-setup/19384 "2015-09-30T06:42:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![user58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a5b964/32.png) [@user58](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user58)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-open-file-setup/19384/1 "2015-09-30T06:42:36Z")

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After installing sudo\_flags = -Hi in ansible.cfg, playbooks periodically fall in error:  
failed: [[host.example.com](http://host.example.com)] =\> {“failed”: true, “parsed”: false}  
BECOME-SUCCESS-crllipfjilsndpnrqbnftwvajxozmned  
/usr/bin/python: can’t open file ‘setup’: [Errno 2] No such file or directory  
OpenSSH\_5.3p1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013  
debug1: Reading configuration data /var/lib/rundeck/.ssh/config  
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh\_config  
debug1: Applying options for \*  
debug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master  
debug1: mux\_client\_request\_session: master session id: 2  
debug1: mux\_client\_request\_session: master session id: 2  
Shared connection to [host.example.com](http://host.example.com) closed.