On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 07:31:21 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 02:15, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I see the following: > > > > chown [-R] [user][.][group] files > > > > from which I gather that a space goes after the -R, but not between > > the other components? > > > > What does the [.] stand for? > > > > Anne > > Here's a "for instance" > > chown -Rf nobody:netusers /home/shared_drive/* Take care with the recursive option (-R) on a directory structure. I recently got caught out big time and changed the ownership of my WHOLE /home (Only 8Gb!! and 7 users to fix - took days!!) This commandline _could_ do this too! Especially if being run as root. If you are intending only to change the ownership of the files _below_ /home/shared_drive you should omit the the training '/*' because any symbolic links you have in that structure could be followed into other structures!! Forewarned - Forearmed Cheers John
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