Ansible troubleshooting - chgrp failed
When you try to change permission to file your Ansible Playbook might end up with "chgrp failed" error. Let's investigate together why this error happens and how to solve it!


Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about chgrp failed error. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
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- fix_permission.sh
# groups devops
devops : wheel
# useradd -a -G users devops
# groups devops
devops : wheel users
# id devops
uid=1001(devops) gid=10(wheel) groups=10(wheel),100(users)
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