-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 try this... as root, cd into the directory where you need to change the files, and type: chown <newuser>.<newuser> *
just like "chown james.james *" Hope this helps, Ralph james Mellema wrote: | As root I copied a directory from an old hard drive to a new drive. The | files are now owned by root, and I am unable to change the permissions | to allow me to use them. | | I read the man on chown, and looked at the suggestions in "Running | Linux" and I've tried every permutation of 'chown' I can come up with | and have had no success. I would like to change all the files | (approximately 100 text files) at one time but would settle for doing | them individually. | | Thanks in advance for any help you can give. | | Jim | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | - -- Homepage: http://www.tuxpower.f2s.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8d/unFe3pHw9jp3oRAq5tAJ97NNgwMXiTr2Q9u/oeuenm7AAY/wCfVdd8 3+APsrnmRQfPw0d86iV9Gh0= =7xRu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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