diff --git a/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml b/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml
index cfb9fec75801e60a8b77dff21083359f87fb7c4b..70a40ab99a8f6c2df368cccda41fb4d76a51b3ce 100644
--- a/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/config_repos/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     line: "{{ reposerverip }} {{ reposervername }}"  #this is duplicated in the role calculateEtcHosts
     owner: root
     group: root
+  become: true
 
 
 #- name: remove default repos