# destination not writable error

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/destination-not-writable-error/19126>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/destination-not-writable-error/19126 "2015-08-27T15:08:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Sol](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sol)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/destination-not-writable-error/19126/1 "2015-08-27T15:08:30Z")

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Hello,  
I’m trying to run a simple test playbook to copy files over to a vagrant vm. The specs are:  
ubuntu/trusty64 box  
vagrant 1.7.3  
ansible 1.9.2

The playbook looks like this:

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/destination-not-writable-error/19126/2 "2015-08-27T15:23:54Z")

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-u vagrant -U vagrant \<= makes no sense, if you login as vagrant you  
don't need to sudo TO vagrant, you probalby want to leave -U vagrant  
out and the default (sudo to root) should work.

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**Author:** ![Sol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Sol](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sol)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/destination-not-writable-error/19126/3 "2015-08-27T15:56:56Z")

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dang! I didn’t think that thru. Works as it should now. I appreciate your help!