David
cd into the directory that contains the files, after you have copied them
back onto the machine and try
chown user_name ./*
That should work
Chris
Ps run command as root
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 5:36 PM
Subject: [newbie] permission changing
> hi
> i have lots of files i saved on CD from my home directory, i now need them
back
> but they are all now "root" files . how do i change them all easily back
to the
> normal user files as doing it by hand takes ages...
> cheerz
> David
