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If it's a module, the docs are embedded in the module source. On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Paul Sokolovsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 11:10:08 -0500 > James Cammarata <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Per the documentation: > > > > "recursively set the specified file attributes (applies only to > > state=directory) (added in Ansible 1.1)" > > > > So the mode specified when using recurse=yes should be the mode you > > want applied to the directories. If you want more complex permission > > setups for large directories of files, I would recommend looking at > > the synchronize module. > > And yet: > > - name: Set download dir permissions > file: dest={{www_dir}} state=directory > owner=linaro-ci-publish group=bot-publishers > mode=0775 > recurse=yes > sudo: yes > > > Before: > -rw-rw-r-- 1 www-data www-data 11 Mar 20 2013 HEADER.html > > After: > -rwxrwxr-x 1 linaro-ci-publish bot-publishers 11 Mar 20 2013 > HEADER.html > > > Bottom line? Ansible docs are nowhere detailed enough to remind even > Ansible developers how modules actually work, what to say about users > who need to *learn* how it works. > > Another issue is that recursive=yes appear to work rather slow (taking > chmod -R as reference). > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Paul Sokolovsky <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I just found out that "file" module's "mode" param accepts only > > > octal value. That comes as a little surprise, as > > > http://docs.ansible.com/file_module.html described "mode" as "mode > > > the file or directory should be, such as 0644 as would be fed to > > > chmod". I can feed "g+w" to chmod, so I kinda expected being able > > > to use it with Ansible either. > > > > > > Anyway, how can I set just some, not all, permission bits of a > > > recursive directory hierarchy? The culprit is "x" permission, which > > > means completely different things for file vs dir. So, if I use > > > 0775, all files will become executable. And if I use 0664, all > > > directories would become non-searchable. > > > > > > To remind, chmod, besides constructs like "g+w" to set just "w" bit > > > for groups, has another device to deal with the issue above - > > > "X" (capital), which will set "x" bit only for dirs. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Paul mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Ansible Project" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > send an email to [email protected]. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. To view this discussion on the > > > web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/20140605183541.1db3966c%40x34f > . > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and > > stop receiving emails from it, send an email to > > [email protected]. To post to this group, > > send email to [email protected]. To view this > > discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAMFyvFhtgK7mzzyevAux9SmExXYeWkwUsj5b6i6nU2QBpKftpw%40mail.gmail.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Best regards, > Paul mailto:[email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/20140605215309.21ca8eb8%40x34f > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgwcNiezh5g%3DFnOHq7fNatKdeyrpeUEpO0q0D4z%3DGgZ2OQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
