# UNREACHABLE!

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable/38578>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 13, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable/38578 "2023-11-13T13:06:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![user79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d6d6ee/32.png) [@user79](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user79)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable/38578/1 "2023-11-13T13:06:48Z")

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Hello, pls help me understand this error; I’ve been trying to fix it for the second day and can’t figure it out…

TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [pixel-3xui]: UNREACHABLE! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Failed to connect to the host via ssh: root@193.84.2.###: Permission denied (publickey,password).”, “unreachable”: true}

PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
pixel-3xui : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Etcheverry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Martin\_Etcheverry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Martin_Etcheverry)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable/38578/2 "2023-11-13T14:01:54Z")

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hi, you are trying to connect to the 193.84.2.### with root? Is root allowed to ssh in that host (seems a bad practice anyway)?

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**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable/38578/3 "2023-11-13T17:03:19Z")

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Read [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory\_guide/connection\_details.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/connection_details.html)

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**Author:** ![Pathi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Pathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pathi)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable/38578/4 "2023-11-13T17:06:35Z")

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Ssh key folder permissions issue set for 700 for folder and authorized keys 644

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Etcheverry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Martin\_Etcheverry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Martin_Etcheverry)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable/38578/5 "2023-11-17T11:29:54Z")

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Hey Vasily you finally solved the problem?