# Updating of files in /etc

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/updating-of-files-in-etc/16561>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [October 20, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/updating-of-files-in-etc/16561 "2014-10-20T21:05:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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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:** [October 20, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/updating-of-files-in-etc/16561/1 "2014-10-20T21:05:12Z")

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I would start by looking at what user you are running Ansible as, it sounds like you need to specify sudo.

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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:** [October 20, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/updating-of-files-in-etc/16561/2 "2014-10-20T21:05:41Z")

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Also I think I replied already to this, but there’s no way to override rsync flags at this time for synchronize modules.

This could possibly be a parameter or we might just change the default, depending.