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Old 02-01-2005, 12:48 AM   #1
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Changing owner of a directory recursively?


How would I change the ownership of a certain directory (and its contents) recursively? I am aware of the chmod command but am not sure how would I specify a user...
 
Old 02-01-2005, 12:58 AM   #2
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Hello!

Chmod is only for changing the rights to the file. For changing owners you want to use the command chown. For recursive changing use the switch -R

Code:
# chown -R user:group direcory_to_be_changed

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Old 02-01-2005, 07:13 AM   #3
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For future reference, "-R" is used by nearly all programs to specify a recursive action.
 
  


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