now captures any exceptions when trying to create directories

lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py

@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ def main():
                 module.exit_json(changed=True)
             changed = True
             curpath = ''
+
+            try:
                 # Split the path so we can apply filesystem attributes recursively
                 # from the root (/) directory for absolute paths or the base path
                 # of a relative path.  We can then walk the appropriate directory
@@ -291,6 +293,8 @@ def main():
                         tmp_file_args = file_args.copy()
                         tmp_file_args['path']=curpath
                         changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed)
+            except Exception, e:
+                module.fail_json(path=path, msg='There was an issue creating %s as requested: %s' % (curpath, str(e)))
 
         # We already know prev_state is not 'absent', therefore it exists in some form.
         elif prev_state != 'directory':