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

Question

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

Answer 1

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'