minimize_access broken link in /usr/bin throws error when running

[mickaelperrin]

Hi,

When I run the role on my development platform (VM in Vmware Fusion, Ubuntu 16.04), the task minimize access fails with the following error:

 - exception: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ansible_GlDk98/ansible_module_file.py", line 473, in <module>
    main()
  File "/tmp/ansible_GlDk98/ansible_module_file.py", line 350, in main
    changed |= recursive_set_attributes(module, to_bytes(file_args['path'], errors='surrogate_or_strict'), follow, file_args)
  File "/tmp/ansible_GlDk98/ansible_module_file.py", line 172, in recursive_set_attributes
    changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed, expand=False)
  File "/tmp/ansible_GlDk98/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 1513, in set_fs_attributes_if_different
  File "/tmp/ansible_GlDk98/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 1242, in set_mode_if_different
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper'

The problem is that there is a broken symlink in /usr/bin:

vmware-user -> vmware-user-suid-wrapper

Should this role manage that kind of potential scenario ?

Thanks,

[rndmh3ro]

Hi @mickaelperrin,

if there'a a broken symlink than this symlink should be fixed instead of working around it in this role.

However there's also #171, where there's a problem with symlinks and this task. Maybe in this issue there will be a solution to your issue.