[Hudlug] file permissions

[Charles Blackburn]

to change ownership on a file/files within a directory

chown <useR>.<group> * (add -R for all subdirs/files)
or to just change the group: chgrp <group> * (add -R for all files/subdirs)

so for your example.....

chgrp office general -R

chmod only changes file permissions
so as long as they are owned by that group you then use chmod to give the relative permissions:

eg: group rwx - chmod 775 -R general (or chmod g+rwx -R general  if i remember right)

charles

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 17:56:18 +0100
"Simon Fox-Jones" <simon@techteach.co.uk> 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
> 
> 
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