# msg: Destination /usr/local/bin not writable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-destination-usr-local-bin-not-writable/15559>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 26, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-destination-usr-local-bin-not-writable/15559 "2014-06-26T21:44:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Nic\_Flores](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Nic\_Flores](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nic_Flores)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-destination-usr-local-bin-not-writable/15559/1 "2014-06-26T21:44:59Z")

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Hi All,  
I’m trying to execute the following playbook:

-bash-4.1$ cat edit\_backup.yml

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-destination-usr-local-bin-not-writable/15559/2 "2014-06-27T12:44:38Z")

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(A)

Do you have permission to write into /usr/local/bin from sudo or is it constrained?

(B)

What flags are you executing Ansible playbook with? Looks like you are missing “sudo: True” in your playbook.