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tmsblgh
tmsblgh

Reputation: 527

Ansible: Changing permissions of files but not of directory

I need to set the permissions of the files under a directory but I don't want to change the permission of the directory.

I tried this:

- name: chmod 444
  file: /dir recurse=yes state=directory owner=abc group=abc mode=0444

But it will modify the directory permission also. Is it possible?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5928

Answers (2)

yiidtw
yiidtw

Reputation: 1

in one task using shell:

- shell: "find . -type f -exec chmod 0444 {} \\;"
  args:
    chdir: /dir

Upvotes: 0

techraf
techraf

Reputation: 68559

Not in one task.

You need first to find files and then execute the file module with the appropriate settings against the list.

- find:
    path: /dir
    file_type: file
    recurse: yes
  register: find_result

- file:
    path: "{{ item.path }}"
    owner: abc
    group: abc
    mode: 0444
  with_items: "{{ find_result.files }}"

Upvotes: 2

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