# change permission

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-permission/15211>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-permission/15211 "2014-05-12T16:46:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jose\_moya\_carballo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@jose\_moya\_carballo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jose_moya_carballo)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-permission/15211/1 "2014-05-12T16:46:34Z")

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Hi everyone!

I have got a new question, how can I change permission of directory and her contents?

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**Author:** ![Erik\_Anderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erik\_Anderson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Erik_Anderson)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-permission/15211/2 "2014-05-12T16:56:20Z")

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The file module:  
[http://docs.ansible.com/file\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/file_module.html)

Use the owner, group, mode, and likely recursive options.

-Erik