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Old 04-11-2003, 02:54 PM   #1
knueven7
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chmod

Is there a way to chmod all the contents in a folder?

I tried chmod 664 /www/htdocs but it just changed the folder to 664 and not the contents.
 
Old 04-11-2003, 03:11 PM   #2
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chmod -R 664 /www/htdocs

-R is for "recursive".

You can also chown with that flag in a similar manner.
 
Old 04-11-2003, 03:12 PM   #3
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and try 'man chmod' next time :)
Last edited by neenee; 04-11-2003 at 03:15 PM.
 
Old 04-11-2003, 03:12 PM   #4
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Got it. Thanks a million!
 
  


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