# Can role dependency trigger handled in parent?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-role-dependency-trigger-handled-in-parent/33949>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 2, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-role-dependency-trigger-handled-in-parent/33949 "2020-10-02T02:35:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rich\_Rauenzahn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@Rich\_Rauenzahn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rich_Rauenzahn)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-role-dependency-trigger-handled-in-parent/33949/1 "2020-10-02T02:35:13Z")

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I am planning to write a role that drops some credentials to a standard place in /etc, but the various roles depending on it have various services that will need to be restarted when the file is dropped or changed.

Is there a way to accomplish this?

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-role-dependency-trigger-handled-in-parent/33949/2 "2020-10-02T05:28:37Z")

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