How to use the chown command

cbjhawks · 01-12-2010, 08:53 AM

my home/container has me as the owner but the contents all belong to root...I've tried >chown cbjhawks /home/cbjhawks but that didnt change anything. Should it be >chown -R cbjhawks /home/cbjhawks? Or what is the proper command for doing this...thanks

amani · 01-12-2010, 09:02 AM

#su
#chown -v --recursive username /home/username/*
#chown -v --recursive username /home/username/*.*

#man chown

cbjhawks · 01-12-2010, 10:10 AM

thanks you so much...they worked perfectly...will remember/retain them