# Issue with group\_vars OSError: \[Errno 20\] Not a directory:

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-group-vars-oserror-errno-20-not-a-directory/23305>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 21, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-group-vars-oserror-errno-20-not-a-directory/23305 "2016-12-21T10:28:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![n\_nagesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@n\_nagesh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/n_nagesh)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-group-vars-oserror-errno-20-not-a-directory/23305/1 "2016-12-21T10:28:25Z")

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Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file  
**ERROR! Unexpected Exception: [Errno 20] Not a directory: ‘/vagrant/ansible/playbooks/qa/group\_vars’**  
**the full traceback was:**

**Traceback (most recent call last):**  
**File “/usr/bin/ansible-playbook”, line 103, in**   
**exit\_code = cli.run()**  
**File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/cli/playbook.py”, line 159, in run**  
**results = pbex.run()**  
**File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/executor/playbook\_executor.py”, line 82, in run**  
**self.\_inventory.set\_playbook\_basedir(os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(playbook\_path)))**  
**File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/init.py”, line 752, in set\_playbook\_basedir**  
**found\_group\_vars = self.\_find\_group\_vars\_files(self.\_playbook\_basedir)**  
**File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/init.py”, line 783, in \_find\_group\_vars\_files**  
**found\_vars = set(os.listdir(to\_text(path)))**  
**OSError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: ‘/vagrant/ansible/playbooks/qa/group\_vars’**

Iam getting above error,any help will be appreciated

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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:** [December 22, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-group-vars-oserror-errno-20-not-a-directory/23305/2 "2016-12-22T17:41:14Z")

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fixed in [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/6f5ecb7efd6fc99a0279051e5b06d118376ea819](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/6f5ecb7efd6fc99a0279051e5b06d118376ea819)