On Thursday 07 April 2005 05:00, thufir wrote: > > "Bryan M. Johns" wrote: > > use the following as root at a shell from the directory above your > > target directory (eg - example): > > > > chown -R user:user example > > > > *Bryan M. Johns* > > > > *One Ring Group, Inc.* > > 300 West Wieuca Road > > Building One > > Suite 205 > > Atlanta, GA 30342 > > 404.303.9900 X: 104 > > *http://www.oneringgroup.com* > > <http://www.oneringgroup.com> > > > > Claude Jones wrote: > > > Pardon if this is too basic. Is there a way to change ownership for > > > all files in a folder? I want to change from root to user. > > copying a directory of files from the cd to /home/thufir creates a ton of > locked files with root ownership. Whether this makes sense, dunno, but it > can be inconvenient. Next time try copying a hierarchy using: cp -a ... which will preserve ownership and permissions. See cp man page for details. The copy may also be done using tar > > do people recursively go through these files, or is there an alternate > solution? > > > thanks, > > Thufir > > > -- > This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org > http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=57459&topic_id >=13506&forum=10#forumpost57459 -- Paul Almquist paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Eau Claire, WI USA
