It could still be a permissions issue, for instance if the ansible user has different rights than whatever you did manually that caused you to believe that the file is there.
On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 18:27, Daniel Nanboe <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks I have removed that but the result is the same when I debug de var > stat is false: > > ok: => { > "exista": { > "changed": false, > "failed": false, > "stat": { > "exists": false > } > } > } > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 1:02:50 PM UTC+2, Dick Visser wrote: >> >> that exact task errors because of the space after "path=" - I think >> that's a typo on your part? >> >> >> >> On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 11:52, Daniel Nanboe <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I have a problem checking if a file exists: >> > >> > - name: Check if ssh key exists >> > stat: path= "/config/clients/ssh_keys/daniel_nanboe.pub" >> > register: exista >> > - debug: var=exista >> > - fail: >> > msg: Stop >> > >> > >> > >> > The file exists but the stat returns false: >> > >> > "exista": { >> > "changed": false, >> > "failed": false, >> > "stat": { >> > "exists": false >> > } >> > } >> > >> > -- >> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/72841c12-fda7-4df3-bc78-2997857a684f%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dick Visser >> Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager >> GÉANT >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/876f3fed-4bdb-4982-8946-4d44c4ae2b28%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/876f3fed-4bdb-4982-8946-4d44c4ae2b28%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and punctuation. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwN4%3D-EwewRWjzGEia8MfK%2Bnx8ULNYooFSnkxB_t%3D%3DVTkg%40mail.gmail.com.
