fix idempotence for this command

[Nicola L.]

Hi,

this task breaks the idempotence of my role:

- name: Set directories permissions for production installation

command: find /opt/tomcat -type d -exec chmod -c 2750 {} \;

register: find_chmod_result

changed_when: 'find_chmod_result.stdout | length > 0'

The command is selecting all the folders (and not the files) located under /opt/tomcat and it applies them the permissions 2750.

Is there a way to express the same thing without breaking the idempotence?

Nicola

[Matt Martz]

Instead of running the find command via `command`, switch to using the `find` module, register the result, then use the `file` module, looping the previous results, to set permissions on the directories.

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[Nicola L.]

Thank you!! That's indeed the solution!

Now it looks like this:

- name: Set directories permissions - select

find:

paths: "/opt/tomcat

file_type: directory

register: find_chmod_result

- name: Set directories permissions - apply

file:

path: "{{ item.path }}"

owner: "{{ tomcat_user }}"

group: "{{ tomcat_group }}"

mode: '02775'

loop: "{{ find_chmod_result.files }}"

Nicola