# why i cannot remove this file /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat-rhui,repo even with the root permission. **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Tags:** aws\ **Created:** [February 22, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-i-cannot-remove-this-file-etc-yum-repos-d-redhat-rhui-repo-even-with-the-root-permission/29738 "2019-02-22T02:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jason\_Yu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jason\_Yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Yu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-i-cannot-remove-this-file-etc-yum-repos-d-redhat-rhui-repo-even-with-the-root-permission/29738/1 "2019-02-22T02:08:05Z")
I got the following error when I tried to remove the /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat-rhui.repo file. My playbook is as following: - name: Configure BASE Linux Servers hosts: linux gather\_facts: true become: yes become\_user: root pre\_tasks: - name: Debug raw: sleep 1 - name: get the username running the deploy become: false local\_action: command whoami register: username\_on\_the\_host - debug: var=username\_on\_the\_host - name: Remove AWS RHUI file: path: “{{ item }}” state: absent force: yes with\_items: - /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat-rhui.repo roles: - { role: linux\_common, tags: linux\_common } - { role: deep\_security\_agent, tags: deep\_security\_agent } \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*output with error \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* amazon-ebs: changed: [default] amazon-ebs: amazon-ebs: TASK [get the username running the deploy] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* amazon-ebs: changed: [default → localhost] amazon-ebs: amazon-ebs: TASK [debug] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* amazon-ebs: ok: [default] =\> { amazon-ebs: “username\_on\_the\_host”: { amazon-ebs: “changed”: true, amazon-ebs: “cmd”: [ amazon-ebs: “whoami” amazon-ebs: ], amazon-ebs: “delta”: “0:00:01.747620”, amazon-ebs: “end”: “2019-02-22 02:03:25.776013”, amazon-ebs: “failed”: false, amazon-ebs: “rc”: 0, amazon-ebs: “start”: “2019-02-22 02:03:24.028393”, amazon-ebs: “stderr”: “”, amazon-ebs: “stderr\_lines”: , amazon-ebs: “stdout”: “root”, amazon-ebs: “stdout\_lines”: [ amazon-ebs: “root” amazon-ebs: ] amazon-ebs: } amazon-ebs: } amazon-ebs: amazon-ebs: TASK [Remove AWS RHUI] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* amazon-ebs: failed: [default] (item=/etc/yum.repos.d/redhat-rhui.repo) =\> {"changed ": false, “gid”: 0, “group”: “root”, “item”: “/etc/yum.repos.d/redhat-rhui.repo”, "mode ": “0644”, “msg”: "unlinking failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/re dhat-rhui.repo’ ", “owner”: “root”, “path”: “/etc/yum.repos.d/redhat-rhui.repo”, “secon text”: “system\_u:object\_r:system\_conf\_t:s0”, “size”: 8679, “state”: “file”, “uid”: 0} amazon-ebs: to retry, use: --limit @/workdir/Ansible/playbooks/common/Confi gure\_Base\_Linux.retry amazon-ebs: amazon-ebs: PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* amazon-ebs: default : ok=4 changed=2 unreachable=0 fail ed=1 amazon-ebs: ==\> amazon-ebs: Terminating the source AWS instance… ==\> amazon-ebs: Cleaning up any extra volumes… ==\> amazon-ebs: No volumes to clean up, skipping ==\> amazon-ebs: Deleting temporary security group… ==\> amazon-ebs: Deleting temporary keypair… Build ‘amazon-ebs’ errored: Error executing Ansible: Non-zero exit status: exit status 2 ==\> Some builds didn’t complete successfully and had errors: → amazon-ebs: Error executing Ansible: Non-zero exit status: exit status 2 ==\> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. ---
**Author:** ![cassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cassell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cassell)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-i-cannot-remove-this-file-etc-yum-repos-d-redhat-rhui-repo-even-with-the-root-permission/29738/2 "2019-02-22T04:09:35Z")
Just a guess, but is the file immutable? Try deleting after 'chattr -i etc/yum.repos.d/redhat-rhui.repo' Can you delete by hand on the command line? In any case, this is a better question for the ansible-project mailing list. V/r, James Cassell ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Yu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jason\_Yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Yu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-i-cannot-remove-this-file-etc-yum-repos-d-redhat-rhui-repo-even-with-the-root-permission/29738/3 "2019-02-22T22:47:03Z")
Thank you for your help, it still didn’t work. In fact, I changed the module to cat a file /etc/sshd/sshd.conf but I got the same permission error: amazon-ebs: TASK [Show /etc/ssh/sshd\_config file content] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* amazon-ebs: fatal: [default]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: [“/bin/cat”, “/etc/ssh/sshd\_config”], “delta”: “0:00:00.005604”, “end”: “2019-02-22 22:43:50.264420”, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2019-02-22 22:43:50.258816”, “stderr”: “/bin/cat: /etc/ssh/sshd\_config: Permission denied”, “stderr\_lines”: [“/bin/cat: /etc/ssh/sshd\_config: Permission denied”], “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: } amazon-ebs: to retry, use: --limit @/workdir/Ansible/playbooks/common/Configure\_Base\_Linux.retry is it a “privilege escalation” error in ansible ? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Yu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jason\_Yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Yu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-i-cannot-remove-this-file-etc-yum-repos-d-redhat-rhui-repo-even-with-the-root-permission/29738/4 "2019-02-22T22:48:23Z")
The Configure\_Base\_Linux.yml file is as following: - name: Configure BASE Linux Servers hosts: linux gather\_facts: true become: yes become\_user: root pre\_tasks: - name: Debug raw: sleep 1 - name: get the username running the deploy become: false local\_action: command whoami register: username\_on\_the\_host - debug: var=username\_on\_the\_host - name: Show /etc/ssh/sshd\_config file content command: /bin/cat /etc/ssh/sshd\_config register: cat become: yes become\_method: su become\_user: root - debug: var=cat.stdout\_lines ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Yu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jason\_Yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Yu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-i-cannot-remove-this-file-etc-yum-repos-d-redhat-rhui-repo-even-with-the-root-permission/29738/5 "2019-02-22T22:49:52Z")
The part in the script befor “name: Show /etc/ssh/sshd\_config file content” works well, however, when it trys to cat the /etc/ssh/sshd\_config file, it failed and complains ““stderr\_lines”: [”/bin/cat: /etc/ssh/sshd\_config: Permission denied"]" Any gurus here can help me with this? ---
**Author:** ![cassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cassell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cassell)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-i-cannot-remove-this-file-etc-yum-repos-d-redhat-rhui-repo-even-with-the-root-permission/29738/6 "2019-02-22T22:54:27Z")
Try the ansible-project list. This one is for development. Ask your question there and include output from running your command with '-vvv' V/r, James Cassell