Accept numeric user and group parameters

13 years ago · d2e457f81f
parent 1f96925159
commit d2e457f81f
1 changed files with 12 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/lib/ansible/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
@ -368,6 +368,9 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
            return changed
        user, group = self.user_and_group(path)
        if owner != user:
+            try:
+                uid = int(owner)
+            except ValueError:
                try:
                    uid = pwd.getpwnam(owner).pw_uid
                except KeyError:
@ -389,6 +392,9 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
        if old_group != group:
            if self.check_mode:
                return True
+            try:
+                gid = int(group)
+            except ValueError:
                try:
                    gid = grp.getgrnam(group).gr_gid
                except KeyError: