task to obtain the stats of etc foo config and check that the file still belongs to the root - Ansible

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How do I write a task to obtain the stats of /etc/foo.config and check that the file still belongs to the root?

Apr 2, 2019 in Ansible by Neha
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Hey @Neha, you can use the stats module provided by Ansible. 

- stat:
    path: /etc/foo.conf
  register: st
- fail:
    msg: "Whoops! file ownership has changed"
  when: st.stat.pw_name != 'root'
answered Apr 2, 2019 by Alok

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