Test that file touch does not keep a new file if we failed to set its

attributes

test/integration/roles/test_file/tasks/main.yml

@@ -65,6 +65,29 @@
 - name: change ownership and group
   file: path={{output_dir}}/baz.txt owner=1234 group=1234
 
+- name: setup a tmp-like directory for ownership test
+  file: path=/tmp/worldwritable mode=1777 state=directory
+
+- name: Ask to create a file without enough perms to change ownership
+  file: path=/tmp/worldwritable/baz.txt state=touch owner=root
+  sudo: yes
+  sudo_user: nobody
+  register: chown_result
+  ignore_errors: True
+
+- name: Ask whether the new file exists
+  stat: path=/tmp/worldwritable/baz.txt
+  register: file_exists_result
+
+- name: Verify that the file doesn't exist on failure
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "chown_result.failed == True"
+      - "file_exists_result.stat.exists == False"
+
+- name: clean up
+  file: path=/tmp/worldwritable state=absent
+
 - name: create soft link to file
   file: src={{output_file}} dest={{output_dir}}/soft.txt state=link
   register: file5_result