Hi, 1. The copy command cp -a
-a, --archive same as -dpR -p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps is not doing what it is supposed to do (and thats is fine, of course), because It does not preserve ownership (except if you are root) . The problem is that it doesn't tell you anything when it doesn't do it or that It shouldn't be supposed to preserve ownership. ------------------- 2. Many commands act recursively on a directory with an -R option that affects the directory and all the files it contains. There should be a ls -ld -R command that lists in detail the directory and its contents to quickly check results in one step. -------------------------------- 3. If we have: drwx------ 2 user2 user2 392 2010-01-11 12:04 /home/user2/directory us...@mypc:~$ su -c 'chmod -R 644 /home/user2/directory' user2 doesn't work. You need to change the mode of the directory first and then you can apply a recursive chmod. Is this a bug? Many thanx for many things. :-)
