# Remount state in the mount module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/remount-state-in-the-mount-module/3763>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** rhel, playbook, documentation, collections\
**Created:** [February 8, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remount-state-in-the-mount-module/3763 "2024-02-08T18:20:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![dustin1530](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dustin1530/32/1291_2.png) [@dustin1530](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dustin1530)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remount-state-in-the-mount-module/3763/1 "2024-02-08T18:20:12Z")

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I’m working on a playbook where I need to remount /home to remove the noexec option, then preform a task, then remount /home adding noexec back, on RHEL 8.8. However, when I use the `state: remounted` the host system does not appear to have `noexec` removed. Here is my tasks:

```yaml
- name: Get /home mount options
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    home_mount_options: "{{ ansible_facts.mounts | selectattr('mount', '==', '/home') | map(attribute='options') | first }}"
  tags: remount

- name: Remove 'noexec' mount option
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    modified_home_mount_options: "{{ home_mount_options | regex_replace('(?:^|,)noexec(?:,|$)', ',') | regex_replace('(?:^,)|(?:,$)', '') }}"
  tags: remount

- name: Remount /home filesystem to remove noexec
  become: true
  ansible.posix.mount:
    path: "/home"
    src: "{{ ansible_facts.mounts | selectattr('mount', '==', '/home') | map(attribute='device') }}"
    opts: "{{ modified_home_mount_options }}"
    state: remounted
  register: home_remount
  when: "'noexec' in home_mount_options"
  tags: remount

- name: debug | remove after issue is resolved
  debug:
    msg: "{{ home_remount }}"
  tags: remount

```

Then I see the following output:

```auto
PLAY [remount] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [lnx-dpl-dev-01.acuity.com]

TASK [updates : Get /home mount options] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [lnx-dpl-dev-01.acuity.com]

TASK [updates : Remove 'noexec' mount option] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [lnx-dpl-dev-01.acuity.com]

TASK [updates : Remount /home filesystem to remove noexec] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [lnx-dpl-dev-01.acuity.com]

TASK [updates : debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [lnx-dpl-dev-01.acuity.com] => {
    "msg": {
        "backup_file": "",
        "boot": "yes",
        "changed": true,
        "dump": "0",
        "failed": false,
        "fstab": "/etc/fstab",
        "name": "/home",
        "opts": "rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime",
        "passno": "0",
        "src": "['/dev/mapper/system_vg-homelv']"
    }
}

TASK [updates : Pause to review above statements] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Pausing for 180 seconds
(ctrl+C then 'C' = continue early, ctrl+C then 'A' = abort)
Press 'C' to continue the play or 'A' to abort 
ok: [lnx-dpl-dev-01.acuity.com]

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
lnx-dpl-dev-01.acuity.com : ok=6 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0   

```

I can see in the debug output the the task did change the mount option. However, I’m still seeing noexec is applied on the host system

```shell
/dev/mapper/system_vg-homelv on /home type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel)

```

I’m unable to run a script from my home directory, as I receive a “permission denied” error, as expected when noexec is present on the mount.

The fstab is not updated, as per the [mount documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/posix/mount_module.html) it shouldn’t be, which is what I would like since this is just a temporary operation.

Then am I reading the documentation incorrectly, is the remounted state not doing something like `mount -o remount,exec /home`? I know I can change the state to mounted, then I need to supply the fstype, while that’s not a big deal, but if I don’t need to I would prefer not to. Any help would be great.

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**Author:** ![atul\_mohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@atul\_mohan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/atul_mohan)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remount-state-in-the-mount-module/3763/2 "2025-02-22T17:52:27Z")

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```auto
---
- name: Remount /home to remove noexec temporarily
  hosts: all
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: Get /home mount options
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        home_mount_options: "{{ ansible_facts.mounts | selectattr('mount', '==', '/home') | map(attribute='options') | first }}"
      tags: remount

    - name: Remove 'noexec' mount option
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        modified_home_mount_options: "{{ home_mount_options | regex_replace('(?:^|,)noexec(?:,|$)', ',') | regex_replace('(?:^,)|(?:,$)', '') }}"
      tags: remount

    - name: Remount /home filesystem to remove noexec
      ansible.posix.mount:
        path: "/home"
        src: "{{ ansible_facts.mounts | selectattr('mount', '==', '/home') | map(attribute='device') | first }}"
        opts: "{{ modified_home_mount_options }}"
        state: remounted
      register: home_remount
      when: "'noexec' in home_mount_options"
      tags: remount

    - name: Debug output for remount task
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: home_remount
      tags: remount

    - name: Pause to review the changes
      ansible.builtin.pause:
        seconds: 180
      tags: remount

    - name: Add 'noexec' back to /home mount options
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        restored_home_mount_options: "{{ home_mount_options }}"
      tags: remount

    - name: Remount /home filesystem to add noexec back
      ansible.posix.mount:
        path: "/home"
        src: "{{ ansible_facts.mounts | selectattr('mount', '==', '/home') | map(attribute='device') | first }}"
        opts: "{{ restored_home_mount_options }}"
        state: remounted
      when: "'noexec' in home_mount_options"
      tags: remount

    - name: Debug output for final remount task
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: home_remount
      tags: remount

```