# Consider changing the remote tmp path in ansible.cfg to a path rooted in \\"/tmp\\"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/consider-changing-the-remote-tmp-path-in-ansible-cfg-to-a-path-rooted-in-tmp/36459>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Tags:** ansible-devel\
**Created:** [March 18, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/consider-changing-the-remote-tmp-path-in-ansible-cfg-to-a-path-rooted-in-tmp/36459 "2022-03-18T20:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jorge\_Rua1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@Jorge\_Rua1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jorge_Rua1)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/consider-changing-the-remote-tmp-path-in-ansible-cfg-to-a-path-rooted-in-tmp/36459/1 "2022-03-18T20:43:47Z")

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I’d say to approach this issue as a problem with the remote\_user you’re using. So it’s worth checking if remote\_user has all required privileges to become root.  
Another quick test is to set remote\_tmp to just /tmp.  
Hope that’s helpful