chmod and file permissions help

qages · 01-26-2003, 04:06 PM

hi i want to make all the files and directories in my home wrx to all* users, i try chmod 777 /home/fast but it doesnt do the directories/files in the folder, i dont know what to do. can any one help me?
~redhat

Proud · 01-26-2003, 04:08 PM

Maybe try man chmod. You want a recursive option iirc. Maybe -r?

acid_kewpie · 01-26-2003, 04:12 PM

-R not -r

mrsolo · 01-26-2003, 09:00 PM

I'm trying to do the same thing on a MDK 9.0 box but it won't do all the folders under the main folders. I am using chmod 775 -R ftp and none of the dir under ftp will be changed.

Henry · 01-26-2003, 09:22 PM

you can do ls -l <directory> and see the permission, it should be rwxrwxrwx, if not, then try to make the directory be owned by your user name and group, like chown <user>:<group> <directory>

mhearn · 01-27-2003, 06:08 AM

try chmod -R 775 directory

ie, the -R before the number