[Hudlug] file permissions

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 09 Jul 2003 5:56 pm, Simon Fox-Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to use the command line to change the permissions on
> all the files and folders within a particular directory
>
> The directory is call "general" and the group to give permisions
> rwx is "office"
>
> I understand I am supposed to use chmod but I cannot get it to
> change the directory content recursivley.
>
> Can anyone please write out the command using the above directories
> so I can understand it
>
>
> regards
> simon
>
Sounds to me as though you should be giving the permissions to the 
group, not the owner, so you may need chgrp as well as chmod.  Try my 
Beginners' Linux page at

www.lydgate.org.uk/linux/HowDoI.html, which explains all this.

Anne