Hello, 2007/9/10, Shantanoo Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 10-Sep-07, at 9:40 PM, Daniel Bye wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 05:06:07PM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 05:56:12PM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I did read man chmod but I am not really wiser. Is there an > >>> option to > >>> recursively set 755 permissions for directories and 644 for files? > >>> When I just issue > >>> chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/data/wp/ > >>> then all files and directories under wp/ are given permissions 755 > >>> which is not what I want. > >>> I can do it manually but since there are manyt subdirectories I > >>> thought I would make my life easier. Many thanks in advance! > > > > Sorry, that *should* have been: > > > > # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; > > # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; > > # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' \; > # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \;
Thank you all who have responded - until I memorise it :), I saved it in my favorite commands list. Thanks again! Zbigniew Szalbot _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"