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#1 2009-02-12 02:30:12

otacon
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chown for all folders (solved)

how do I chown for all the folders under the one folder I am changing permissions?


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#2 2009-02-12 02:35:40

perbh
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Re: chown for all folders (solved)

man chown

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#3 2009-02-12 02:45:50

userlander
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Re: chown for all folders (solved)

here's another hint:  chown --help |grep recursive wink

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#4 2009-02-12 02:45:50

evr
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Re: chown for all folders (solved)

chown -R

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#5 2009-02-12 02:50:36

fukawi2
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Re: chown for all folders (solved)

find /directory/to/search -type d -exec chown user:group {} \;

Works for chmod too smile

find /directory/to/search -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

And files:

find /directory/to/search -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Last edited by fukawi2 (2009-02-12 02:51:24)

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