> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gene Heskett > Sent: Lunes, 14 de Junio de 2004 02:16 a.m. > To: Pepebuho; For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Nautilus - changing user/owner > > > On Sunday 13 June 2004 21:12, Pepebuho wrote: > >Hi > > > >If I have a group of files with the same user/owner, how can I > > change the user/owner to a different one as a group? > > > >I was doing some root maintenance and ended with several user files > > with root as an owner. I could change the user/owner individually > > for each file from Nautilus, but I could not select the proper > > files and do a group change. This is odd. > > > >I know this probably is in the manual but I do not know even where > > to start searching or what terms I could use for such a search. > > > >Please, I know that it is probably more efficient to do it from a > > terminal using chown, but given the fact that I was in GUI mode I'd > > rather stick to the GUI way (yes, I usually keep a terminal window > > open to bypass the GUI when it gets in the way, but in my own > > personal opinion, a GUI should not "get in the way".) > > > >Thanks > > > >Javier > > You can read the fine manual for 'chown' (man chown), which you can, > as root, use to change a whole directory tree with the -R option. > Something like: > > chown -R amanda:disk /home/amanda/amanda-2.4.5b2-20040510 > > which will change that whole src tree to be owned by amanda, who is a > member of group disk. > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > 99.23% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message > by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > Thanks Gene That is what I ended doing, but it does not answer my question: How do I do it from within Nautilus? Javier > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
