Ok, last one, I swear. ;)
You mentioned doing this en mass. Just to be clear, wild cards will work with chmod and chown. So: chmod a+rw * will set every file in the current directory to be world readable and writable (if you execute it as root). --jim On Wed, 29 May 2002, db wrote: > Working with Redhat 5.2 & Fvfm, I have a ton of files in a folder that I > copied (as root) from a CD. > > I need to reset the rw and perhaps ownership attributes en mass so that the > files can be written to and worked with by other users. > > I know this is basic but could anyone clue this newbie in? > > > ~ Love her as I loved her, and there will be joy. ~ King Humperdink
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