On 7/15/05, Dom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Debian friends,
>
> I'm a new Debian user and a newbie to Linux as well. And I need your
> help. I searched on the net for this but couldn't find anything...
>
> Bare with me as English is not my mother language so I'm not sure if
> I'm going to explain this right. Hope you understand what I mean.
>
> I want to know is there a way to set permissions for all files and
> subfolders down the hierarchy - equivalent in Windows would be "Apply
> to all files and folders" option when you set options of one folder
> that has other files and subfolders.
>
> Thank you,
> Dom
>
>
check to see what files you're changing:
find ~/me -type f -print
change perms so others can't execute:
find ~/me -type f -exec chmod o-x {} ';'
-type d for directories
man find
man chmod
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swk
