The directory resource page doesn't specify the default mode value about chef-web-docs-2016 HOT 6 CLOSED

Mode is an attribute of the directory resource: http://docs.opscode.com/resource_directory.html#attributes

If the file already exists, Chef will use the same mode value. If the file does not exist, Chef will pass a 0777, and then subtract the umask on the system to get the final value.

So there isn't really a specific "default" value.

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I updated the mode description to include a better description of what Chef does when mode isn't specified. Also here:

"The octal mode for a file. If mode is not specified and if the directory already exists, the existing mode on the directory is used. If mode is not specified, the directory does not exist, and the :create action is specified, the directory will be created according to the umask of the node on which the directory is to be created. For example, the default mode is often 0644 when the umask on the node is 022 (a common default value for the root user on many |unix| systems)."

Also, this behavior is going to change (slightly) with the impending release of Chef 11.6. The release notes will contain a short section on this change.

Hope this helps!

James

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(note above the 0777 in my first reply is related to the changes for Chef 11.6)

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OK, after some more discussion here, updated description for mode attribute. For the directory resource:

http://docs.opscode.com/resource_directory.html#attributes

and then for the File-based resources:

http://docs.opscode.com/resource_file.html#attributes

(which is the same for cookbook_file, file, remote_file, and template resources)

and then the release notes for 11.6 describe what will change:

http://docs.opscode.com/release_notes.html#updated-behavior-for-mode-attribute

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and that (hopefully) answers your initial question about what the default value for mode should be.

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EXCELLENT! That all makes sense, and the documentation updates looks great. THANK YOU! 😄

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