Ansible - Mode 755 for directories and 644 for files recursively

Question

I\'d like to allow anyone to list and read all files in my directory tree, but I don\'t want to make the files executable :

dir
  \\subdir1
      file1
  \\subdi         


        

Answer 1

Since version 1.8, Ansible supports symbolic modes. Thus, the following would perform the task you want:

- name: Make my directory tree readable
  file:
    path: dir
    mode: u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX
    recurse: yes

Because X (instead of x) only applies to directories or files with at least one x bit set.