setting permissions - all files need to be 644/dirs 755 [SOLVED]

graysky · 2010-02-14 21:02:13

I have some files that are in a complex dir tree under:

/media/data
/media/data/project1
/media/data/project1/sub1
/media/data/project1/sub2
...
/media/data/project1/sub100
/media/data/project2
...etc. etc.

Basically, I need all the dirs to be 755 but all the files to be 644. Obviously I can `chmod -R 755 /media/data` but how can cause all the files to be 644 while retaining the dirs as 755?

Last edited by graysky (2010-02-14 21:34:43)

Allan · 2010-02-14 21:04:22

chmod 755 $(find /media/data -type d)
chmod 644 $(find /media/data -type f)

SemiBz · 2010-02-14 21:12:45

Allan wrote:

chmod 755 $(find /media/data -type d)
chmod 644 $(find /media/data -type f)

find /media/data -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ;\
find /media/data -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ;\

Last edited by SemiBz (2010-02-14 21:13:20)

graysky · 2010-02-14 21:13:59

Thanks Allan, that works partially. Some of the files contain spaces and the chmod chokes on them.

SemiBz · 2010-02-14 21:23:45

graysky wrote:

Thanks Allan, that works partially. Some of the files contain spaces and the chmod chokes on them.

Shouldn't choke if used as a string ( {} ), which is why I quoted him with a more flexible command.

graysky · 2010-02-14 21:34:14

@SemiBz - Thanks! I didn't even see your reply... we must have posted nearly simultaneously

graysky · 2010-05-22 00:15:52

SemiBz wrote:

find /media/data -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ;\
find /media/data -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ;\

Oops... the ;\ should be \;

find /media/data -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /media/data -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Profjim · 2010-05-22 00:49:16

graysky wrote:

find /media/data -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /media/data -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Or

find /media/data -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +

which will be much faster (it groups the files into batches instead of chmodding them one at a time.

lymphatik · 2010-05-22 07:48:32

# recursive chmod
  $ chmod 700 **/(.) # Only files
  $ chmod 700 **/(/) # Only directories

If you have zsh

Arch Linux

#1 2010-02-14 21:02:13

setting permissions - all files need to be 644/dirs 755 [SOLVED]

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Re: setting permissions - all files need to be 644/dirs 755 [SOLVED]

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Re: setting permissions - all files need to be 644/dirs 755 [SOLVED]

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Re: setting permissions - all files need to be 644/dirs 755 [SOLVED]

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