Folder Permissions

fangpyre · 4th September 2008, 11:43

I copied a folder from one user account to another on the same machine.

Is there someway I can change the folder's permissions and have all the child folders propagate the change?
There has to be a better way than doing it one by one.

I tried CHOWN in terminal, but that only changes the parent folder, not the child folders.

elchemor · 4th September 2008, 11:50

chown -R will propagate the permissions to everything underneath !

noixe · 4th September 2008, 16:51

elchmor, can u explain the chown? i have no idea about the use of terminal

and i wna know more

thnx! how do i use chown? and any other helpful commands?

ultrablue662 · 4th September 2008, 17:37

I Once downloaded a whole beginners manual on Unix commands off of the University of Ohio's site. Only have it as a binded hardcopy now. Its an Intro to Unix thing. Helped ALOT. its probably still up.

elchemor · 4th September 2008, 22:49

in terminal do a man chown and man chmod it will help ! :-)

fangpyre · 4th September 2008, 23:27

Thanks, elchomor.
I totally forgot about that.
It works fine (of course)

Guys, remember for it to work you need to run it as sudo.

Noixe, you can run the MAN command in terminal to find out what each command does.
You might want to get Unix for Dummies.
It helps a lot.

noixe · 5th September 2008, 04:34

awesome

i'll do that

i love it when people do unix thingys, and i find it very very impressive and intriguing... only, i never learnt any

i'll get Unix for Dummies and then make the world bask in my glory

MWAHAHAHWAHHAHAHAHAAAA *cough cough*

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fangpyre Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,388	Folder Permissions I copied a folder from one user account to another on the same machine. Is there someway I can change the folder's permissions and have all the child folders propagate the change? There has to be a better way than doing it one by one. I tried CHOWN in terminal, but that only changes the parent folder, not the child folders.

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4th September 2008, 11:50	#2 (permalink)
elchemor Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 231	chown -R will propagate the permissions to everything underneath !

4th September 2008, 16:51	#3 (permalink)
noixe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 371	elchmor, can u explain the chown? i have no idea about the use of terminal and i wna know more thnx! how do i use chown? and any other helpful commands?

4th September 2008, 17:37	#4 (permalink)
ultrablue662 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Abu-Dhabi Posts: 735	I Once downloaded a whole beginners manual on Unix commands off of the University of Ohio's site. Only have it as a binded hardcopy now. Its an Intro to Unix thing. Helped ALOT. its probably still up.

4th September 2008, 22:49	#5 (permalink)
elchemor Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 231	in terminal do a man chown and man chmod it will help ! :-)

4th September 2008, 23:27	#6 (permalink)
fangpyre Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,388	Thanks, elchomor. I totally forgot about that. It works fine (of course) Guys, remember for it to work you need to run it as sudo. Noixe, you can run the MAN command in terminal to find out what each command does. You might want to get Unix for Dummies. It helps a lot.

5th September 2008, 04:34	#7 (permalink)
noixe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 371	awesome i'll do that i love it when people do unix thingys, and i find it very very impressive and intriguing... only, i never learnt any i'll get Unix for Dummies and then make the world bask in my glory MWAHAHAHWAHHAHAHAHAAAA cough cough