Destination /etc/fail2ban not writable

[geerlingguy]

Destination /etc/fail2ban not writable

[minecraftchest1]

Thanks. That solved the issue.

[NiftyMist]

Just off the bat real quick, are you setting become to true? Seems like a permission issue to the directory for me.

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On Mar 21, 2022, at 9:45 AM, Minecraftchest1 ***@***.***> wrote:  I just build a playbook using this role and I am running into an issue when trying to update the fail2ban config. I am getting the following error. TASK [geerlingguy.security : Copy fail2ban custom configuration file into place.] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************** fatal: [minecraftchest1-matrix.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "checksum": "ce41e7269276a49e2c26a78403b2cd3d75985d0c", "msg": "Destination /etc/fail2ban not writable"} — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.

[minecraftchest1]

minecraftchest1@Docker:~$ ls -al /etc/fail2ban/
total 84
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Mar 16 18:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 117 root root 12288 Mar 21 13:18 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Mar 16 18:28 action.d
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2816 Nov 23  2020 fail2ban.conf
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Jul 12  2021 fail2ban.d
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Mar 16 18:28 filter.d
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 24996 Nov 23  2020 jail.conf
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Mar 16 18:28 jail.d
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   170 Mar 17 20:56 jail.local
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   645 Nov 23  2020 paths-arch.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2827 Nov 23  2020 paths-common.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   573 Nov 23  2020 paths-debian.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   738 Nov 23  2020 paths-opensuse.conf
minecraftchest1@Docker:~$ 

I haven't changed any permissions.

[NiftyMist]

I’m talking about the playbook configuration not the actually files that get placed on the target. I’ve seen that error with other ansible and it usually comes down to forgetting to tell ansible it has to become a super user. ``` - name: playbook become: true roles: - geerlingguy/security ```

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On Mar 21, 2022, at 12:07 PM, Minecraftchest1 ***@***.***> wrote:  ***@***.***:~$ ls -al /etc/fail2ban/ total 84 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 16 18:31 . drwxr-xr-x 117 root root 12288 Mar 21 13:18 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 16 18:28 action.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2816 Nov 23 2020 fail2ban.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 12 2021 fail2ban.d drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 16 18:28 filter.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24996 Nov 23 2020 jail.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 16 18:28 jail.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 170 Mar 17 20:56 jail.local -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 645 Nov 23 2020 paths-arch.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2827 Nov 23 2020 paths-common.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 573 Nov 23 2020 paths-debian.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 738 Nov 23 2020 paths-opensuse.conf ***@***.***:~$ I haven't changed any permissions. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.