--- - name: prepare hosts: all become: yes gather_facts: no roles: - role: robertdebock.bootstrap tasks: - name: make /etc/default ansible.builtin.file: path: /etc/default state: directory mode: "0755" - name: place bogus /etc/default/grub ansible.builtin.copy: content: 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="a=1"' dest: /etc/default/grub mode: "0664"