You need to reset the permissions on your `.ssh` directory. Run `chmod 700 /home/user/.ssh` and then `chmod 600 /home/user/.ssh/config`. You may need to repeat this for other files mentioned in the error message.
### 6. Error: "TypeError: must be str, not bytes"
You tried to install Algo and you see many repeated errors referencing `TypeError`, such as `TypeError: '>=' not supported between instances of 'TypeError' and 'int'` and `TypeError: must be str, not bytes`. For example:
```
TASK [Wait until SSH becomes ready...] *****************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: TypeError: must be str, not bytes
fatal: [localhost -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File \"/var/folders/x_/nvr61v455qq98vp22k5r5vm40000gn/T/ansible_6sdjysth/ansible_module_wait_for.py\", line 538, in <module>\n main()\n File \"/var/folders/x_/nvr61v455qq98vp22k5r5vm40000gn/T/ansible_6sdjysth/ansible_module_wait_for.py\", line 483, in main\n data += response\nTypeError: must be str, not bytes\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE"}
```
You may be trying to run Algo with Python3. Algo uses [Ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible) which has issues with Python3, although this situation is improving over time. Try running Algo with Python2 to fix this issue. Open your terminal and `cd` to the directory with Algo, then run: ``virtualenv -p `which python2.7` env && source env/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt``
### I have a problem not covered here
If you have an issue that you cannot solve with the guidance here, [join our Slack](https://empireslacking.herokuapp.com/) and ask for help in the #tool-algo channel or [file an issue](https://github.com/trailofbits/algo/issues/new) that describes the problem and we'll do our best to help you.
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