# fetch module Errno 13 Permission denied

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-module-errno-13-permission-denied/38286>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 1, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-module-errno-13-permission-denied/38286 "2023-08-01T15:20:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Valentin1919](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Valentin1919](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Valentin1919)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-module-errno-13-permission-denied/38286/1 "2023-08-01T15:20:26Z")

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i have a playbook with a task that should fetch me the content of a file on host 1 load it into a directory (drop) and the following task should copy the content of the drop directoy and copy it to another file on host 2  
here is my playbook:

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Hisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Evan\_Hisey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Evan_Hisey)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-module-errno-13-permission-denied/38286/2 "2023-08-01T15:38:38Z")

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The error is in the user space of the controller. Be sure that /home/osboxes/drop/id\_rsa.pub and has the correct permission set, which should be -rw-r–r–