On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 16:34 -0600, Larry Brower wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 02/28/2011 07:47 AM, Alain Spineux wrote: > > >> So I did SUDO -i, and from root as shell I tried to > >> chown -hR * fcassia on the Desktop folder... > > > > You must switch the star and our user name > > > > chown -hR fcassia * > > > >> > > You should also avoid doing chown -R with just a * wildcard as this > could possibly recursively follow ../ which would then try and change > ownership on things you don't want changed.
The Shell will not normally expand * to a name beginning with ".". Try it: $ echo * See "info bash": When a pattern is used for filename expansion, the character `.' at the start of a filename or immediately following a slash must be matched explicitly, unless the shell option `dotglob' is set. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
