diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/directory/fileC b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/directory/fileC
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diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/directory/fileD b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/directory/fileD
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diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/fileA b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/fileA
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diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/fileB b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/files/foobar/fileB
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diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/tasks/main.yml
index a65df631897..a6b1a790167 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_file/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,18 +19,12 @@
 - set_fact: output_file={{output_dir}}/foo.txt
 
 - name: prep with a basic copy
-  file: src=foo.txt dest={{output_file}}
+  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_file}}
 
 - name: verify that we are checking a file and it is present
   file: path={{output_file}} state=file
   register: file_result
 
-- name: assert verify that we are checking a file and it is present worked
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - "'changed' in file_result"
-    - "'state' in file_result"
-
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
   assert: { that: "file_result.changed == false" }
 
@@ -41,12 +35,6 @@
   file: path={{output_dir}}/bar.txt state=absent
   register: file2_result
 
-- name: assert verify that we are checking an absent file worked
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - "'changed' in file2_result"
-    - "'state' in file2_result"
-
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
   assert: { that: "file2_result.changed == false" }
 
@@ -57,12 +45,6 @@
   file: path={{output_dir}}/baz.txt state=touch
   register: file3_result
 
-- name: assert verify that we can touch a file worked
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - "'changed' in file3_result"
-    - "'state' in file3_result"
-
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
   assert: { that: "file3_result.changed == true" }
 
@@ -70,34 +52,25 @@
   assert: { that: "file3_result.state == \"file\"" }
 
 - name: assert that the test file has a mode of 0644
-  assert: { that: "file_result.mode == \"0644\"" }
+  assert: { that: "file3_result.mode == \"0644\"" }
 
 - name: change file mode
-  file: path={{output_file}} mode=0600
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/baz.txt mode=0600
   register: file4_result
 
-- name: assert change file mode worked
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - "'changed' in file4_result"
-    - "'state' in file4_result"
-
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
   assert: { that: "file4_result.changed == true" }
 
 - name: assert that the test file has a mode of 0600
   assert: { that: "file4_result.mode == \"0600\"" }
 
+- name: change ownership and group
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/baz.txt owner=1000 group=1000
+
 - name: create soft link to file
   file: src={{output_file}} dest={{output_dir}}/soft.txt state=link
   register: file5_result
 
-- name: assert change file mode worked
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - "'changed' in file5_result"
-    - "'state' in file5_result"
-
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
   assert: { that: "file5_result.changed == true" }
 
@@ -105,12 +78,6 @@
   file: src={{output_file}} dest={{output_dir}}/hard.txt state=hard
   register: file6_result
 
-- name: assert change file mode worked
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - "'changed' in file6_result"
-    - "'state' in file6_result"
-
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
   assert: { that: "file6_result.changed == true" }
 
@@ -118,18 +85,17 @@
   file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar state=directory
   register: file7_result
 
-- name: assert change file mode worked
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - "'changed' in file7_result"
-    - "'state' in file7_result"
-
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
   assert: { that: "file7_result.changed == true" }
 
 - name: assert that the test file has a mode of 0600
   assert: { that: "file7_result.state == \"directory\"" }
 
+# FIXME selinux
+
+- name: remote directory foobar
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar state=absent
+
 - name: remove file foo.txt
   file: path={{output_dir}}/foo.txt state=absent
 
@@ -139,6 +105,42 @@
 - name: remove file baz.txt
   file: path={{output_dir}}/foo.txt state=absent
 
+- name: copy directory structure over
+  copy: src=foobar dest={{output_dir}}
+
+- name: Change ownership of a directory with recurse=no(default)
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar owner=1000
+
+- name: verify that the permission of the directory was set
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar state=directory
+  register: file8_result
+
+- name: assert that the directory has changed to have owner 1000
+  assert: { that: "file8_result.owner == '1000'" }
+
+- name: verify that the permission of a file under the directory was not set
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar/fileA state=file
+  register: file9_result
+
+- name: assert the file owner has not changed to 1000
+  assert: { that: "file9_result.owner != '1000'" }
+
+- name: change the ownership of a directory with recurse=yes
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar owner=1001 recurse=yes
+
+- name: verify that the permission of the directory was set
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar state=directory
+  register: file10_result
+
+- name: assert that the directory has changed to have owner 1001
+  assert: { that: "file10_result.owner == '1001'" }
+
+- name: verify that the permission of a file under the directory was not set
+  file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar/fileA state=file
+  register: file11_result
+
+- name: assert that the file has changed to have owner 1001
+  assert: { that: "file11_result.owner == '1001'" }
+
 - name: remote directory foobar
   file: path={{output_dir}}/foobar state=absent
-
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