Re: What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-21 Thread Lisa Kachold
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Dan Dubovik wrote: > For the record, I'm with Dale here. Generally speaking, running a chown / > chmod against an entire system is bad. There are system files that have > setuid / setgid set, and for good reason (/bin/su comes to mind). There > could be uses fo

Re: What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-08 Thread Dan Dubovik
For the record, I'm with Dale here. Generally speaking, running a chown / chmod against an entire system is bad. There are system files that have setuid / setgid set, and for good reason (/bin/su comes to mind). There could be uses for specific directories however, and with that in mind: >From

Re: What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-08 Thread gk
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Re: What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-08 Thread joe
Thanks Dale, Kaia, and Eric ... Sincerely appreciate all of your answers. Each one helped. I fully realize that entirely too often, I have no idea what I am doing; but I just blindly muddle along anyway and somehow, by the grace of God and the guidance of so many excellent plug friends, I manage

Re: What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-08 Thread Dale Farnsworth
Joe wrote: > While the example commands below work to change permission for either a > complete system or for a complete directory and all sub-directories, what > would the syntax be for a similar command to 'chown' (change the owner) > globally or for a designated directory and and the files and >

RE: What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-08 Thread Taylor, Kaia
...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of j...@actionline.com Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:04 AM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: What syntax for global 'chown' fix? While the example commands below work to change permission fo

Re: What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-08 Thread Eric Shubert
j...@actionline.com wrote: While the example commands below work to change permission for either a complete system or for a complete directory and all sub-directories, what would the syntax be for a similar command to 'chown' (change the owner) globally or for a designated directory and and the f

What syntax for global 'chown' fix?

2010-06-08 Thread joe
While the example commands below work to change permission for either a complete system or for a complete directory and all sub-directories, what would the syntax be for a similar command to 'chown' (change the owner) globally or for a designated directory and and the files and subdirectories belo