MacOS error after install, likely permissions (Unix, Linux, Mac folks)

[masraum]

IT/Tech savvy folks, I've got a question.

I've got a Mac. My regular account is a User account (not admin). I have a separate admin account when I need it.

I used my admin account to install HomeBrew (package installer).

I then used HomeBrew via my admin account to install Ansible which was successful.

Now, after the install I have 2 terminal windows, one under the admin account and one under the user account.

When I run "ansible --version" from the admin account, there are no issues.

When I run "ansible --version" from the user account, I get the following.

ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/textfsm-1.1.2-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO'
the full traceback was:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/ansible", line 92, in
mycli = getattr(__import__("ansible.cli.%s" % sub, fromlist=[myclass]), myclass)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/__init__.py", line 33, in
from ansible.vars.manager import VariableManager
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/vars/manager.py", line 43, in
from ansible.template import Templar
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/template/__init__.py", line 30, in
from distutils.version import LooseVersion
File "", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 666, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 565, in module_from_spec
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/_distutils_hack/__init__.py", line 88, in create_module
return importlib.import_module('setuptools._distutils')
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 17, in
import setuptools.version
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/version.py", line 1, in
import pkg_resources
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3257, in
def _initialize_master_working_set():
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3231, in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3269, in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 564, in _build_master
ws = cls()
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 557, in __init__
self.add_entry(entry)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 613, in add_entry
for dist in find_distributions(entry, True):
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2068, in find_on_path
for dist in factory(fullpath):
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2133, in distributions_from_metadata
yield Distribution.from_location(
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2593, in from_location
return cls(
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2994, in _reload_version
md_version = self._get_version()
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2775, in _get_version
version = _version_from_file(lines)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2559, in _version_from_file
line = next(iter(version_lines), '')
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2770, in _get_metadata
for line in self.get_metadata_lines(name):
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1422, in get_metadata_lines
return yield_lines(self.get_metadata(name))
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1412, in get_metadata
value = self._get(path)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1616, in _get
with open(path, 'rb') as stream:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/Cellar/ansible@2.9/2.9.27_2/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/textfsm-1.1.2-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO'

When I look at the ownership and permissions in /usr/local, usr/local/Cellar, etc..., my admin account is the owner. The permissions throughout are either
drwxrwxr-x
or
-rwxr-xr-x
or
lrwxr-xr-x

Any thoughts?

[stomachmonkey]

sudo

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

sudo

Finally got around to adding my user account to the "sudoers file" and I'm good to go.

Thanks.