> > Not sure it makes any difference but can you try to use the colon yaml > syntax for the parameters >
Using standard YAML syntax instead of key=value displays the same error message. On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 3:53 PM Dick Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure it makes any difference but can you try to use the colon yaml > syntax for the parameters > > On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 21:34, Martey Dodoo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm having some issues using the "mode" parameter on the file module >> <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/file_module.html#parameter-mode> >> to change ownership of an existing directory without modifying its >> permissions. For example: >> >> > - name: use preserve mode >> > file: >> > path=/tmp/test >> > owner=www-data >> > mode=preserve >> > state=directory >> > become: true >> >> Based on the documentation, I would assume that this would "preserve" the >> directory's existing permissions while changing its owner. Instead, it >> fails with "mode must be in octal or symbolic form" / "bad symbolic >> permission for mode: preserve". >> >> I've managed to get the behavior I need by using an empty string for the >> mode parameter, but I am unsure why "preserve" doesn't work. Is this a bug >> in the file module? Am I reading the documentation wrong? >> >> Thanks, >> Martey >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> 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/74a54f7c-bfa3-4dd4-a992-b4804ecf6e19n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/74a54f7c-bfa3-4dd4-a992-b4804ecf6e19n%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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/HlF429Z0Zow/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwPrUiPyk4u%2BjxQnzL40tLxkg9qWesP4Y3hcWY%2BQniJ1Fg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwPrUiPyk4u%2BjxQnzL40tLxkg9qWesP4Y3hcWY%2BQniJ1Fg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Martey Dodoo Principal Developer, Mobolic https://mobolic.com -- 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/CAHqGN6KCCoX9-BGeNq0m1%2BeC-QurdYXQttawm27v4P0B3YfQNg%40mail.gmail.com.
