I'd like to allow anyone to list and read all files in my directory tree, but I don't want to make the files executable : dir \subdir1 file1 \subdir2 file2 ... \subdirX fileX The following task makes my directories and files readable, but it makes all the files executable as well: - name: Make my directory tree readable file: path: dir mode: 0755 recurse: yes On the other hand, if I choose mode 06