Add this to the host's inventory entry: ansible_remote_tmp=/tmp
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 17:24, Tom Stewart <taste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Using ansible to help manage my collection of raspberry pi's. One in > particular is running an "embedded" version of the OS that doesn't have the > normal temp directory. Is there any way in my inventory file to specify where > the temp directory is for this computer? > > Here's the output I receive when attempting an ad-hoc 'uptime' command: > > eyepi | UNREACHABLE! => { > > "changed": false, > > "msg": "Failed to create temporary directory. In some cases, you may have > been able to authenticate and did not have permissions on the target > directory. Consider changing the remote tmp path in ansible.cfg to a path > rooted in \"/tmp\", for more error information use -vvv. Failed command was: > ( umask 77 && mkdir -p \"` echo /root/.ansible/tmp `\"&& mkdir \"` echo > /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1672762692.032167-4139-89985814812145 `\" && > echo ansible-tmp-1672762692.032167-4139-89985814812145=\"` echo > /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1672762692.032167-4139-89985814812145 `\" ), > exited with result 127", > > "unreachable": true > > } > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e6e1c208-f1aa-4807-9bfe-3b0f92ae2565n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAF8BbLaKrz2wesGb%2BFsoSuR5zbacufz5WXMSwNhRwu4yjG3AHw%40mail.gmail.com.