# can't run ansible command

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-run-ansible-command/30129>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 17, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-run-ansible-command/30129 "2019-04-17T00:04:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AQ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@AQ1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AQ1)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-run-ansible-command/30129/1 "2019-04-17T00:04:11Z")

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[test@ip-172-31-1-143 opt]$ ansible webservers -m yum -a ‘name=/opt/mysql/mysql80-community-release-el7-2.noarch.rpm state=present’  
172.31.13.61 | FAILED! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“failed”: true,  
“msg”: “You need to be root to perform this command.\n”,  
“rc”: 1,  
“results”: [  
“Loaded plugins: extras\_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd\n”  
]  
}

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-run-ansible-command/30129/2 "2019-04-17T00:11:31Z")

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“you need to be root to perform this command” [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/become.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/become.html)