Setting permissions recursively

ojbyer@usa.net · 12-14-2005, 02:03 PM

Initially, I thought I wanted to to reset all files in a directory tree to 660 permissions. After issuing the command:

chmod -r 660 some_directory

I soon discovered that I actually wanted to set all the files to 660 and the directories to 770.

Is there an easy way to accomplish this other than manually?

Matir · 12-14-2005, 02:15 PM

Code:

chmod -r 660 some_dir
chmod -r ug+X some_dir

ojbyer@usa.net · 12-14-2005, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matir

Code:

chmod -r ug+X some_dir

Isn't this the same thing as

chmod -R 770 some_dir

I don't want all the files to have execute permissions, only the directories.

EyesOnly · 12-14-2005, 02:38 PM

To make directories recursevly executable(and directories only), I always use the following command

Code:

find * -type d -exec chmod +x {} \;

ojbyer@usa.net · 12-15-2005, 07:24 PM

Thanks for both answers. I found out each one works, for the first the capital "X" is the key.