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Roushan Jha
Asked: 2022-01-19 02:47:12 +0800 CST

directory owner permission does not get updated properly via ansible loop

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I am trying to create and update directory permission on my linux machine by using below ansible task but it does not change the ownership properly:

for instance: directory /home/xyz/xyz/{{ IDM }} and /home/{{ IDM }} ownership permssion gets reverted to {{ IDM }}:{{ IDM }}

- name: create directory with loop
  file:
    path: "{{ item.dest }}"
    mode: "{{item.mode}}"
    owner: "{{ IDM }}"
    group: "{{ IDM }}"
    recurse: yes
    state: directory
  loop:
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}', mode: '0755', owner: root, group: root }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/.ssh', mode: '0700', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/to_xyz', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/to_xyz/known_customers', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/from_xyz', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/from_xyz/merchant_invoice', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/from_xyz/clearing', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/from_xyz/settlement_report', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/archive', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/archive/settlement_report', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/archive/clearing', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/{{ IDM }}/archive/dunning', mode: '0777', owner: "{{ IDM }}", group: "{{ IDM }}" }
  - { dest: '/home/xyz/xyz/{{ IDM }}', mode: '0755', owner: 'root', group: 'root' }
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Well, because you define it as {{ IDM }}. Set owner and group to {{ item.owner }} and {{ item.group }} instead.

    - name: create directory with loop
  file:
    path: "{{ item.dest }}"
    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
    owner: "{{ item.owner }}"
    group: "{{ item.group }}"
    recurse: yes
    state: directory
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