Why playbook returns "OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/awx/projects/' while using the "lineinfile" module.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why Ansible playbook returns below error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ansible_lineinfile_payload_acU60V/ansible_lineinfile_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 2371, in atomic_move
    tmp_dest_fd, tmp_dest_name = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=b'.ansible_tmp', dir=b_dest_dir, suffix=b_suffix)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 304, in mkstemp
    return _mkstemp_inner(dir, prefix, suffix, flags)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 239, in _mkstemp_inner
    fd = _os.open(file, flags, 0600)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/awx/projects/'

Environment

  • Ansible Automation Platform all versions

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