On 13/08/09 14:26, John Matthews wrote: > Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> 2009/8/13 John Matthews<jake...@sky.com>: >> >>> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my >>> server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders >>> ownership, but not everything inside. >>> >>> the script I used was >>> >>> sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename >>> >>> I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not >>> sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> John. >>> >> >> $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data datadirectory >> >> $ chown --help >> $ man chown >> >> > Um, thank you very much for the hep. I did actually try that, and it > didnt make any sense to me. I dont see anywhere there that is similar to > what you posted. I know its me, as I dont know enough, but sorry about that. > > Thank you anyway. > > John. >
Just for reference, you do not need to type both the user and group if they are the same. You can shortcut the command to: chown -R www-data: directory or if you are already in the directory just use a "*", e.g. chown -R www-data: * HTH Alan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
