Linux: Recursive ownership/permission change
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:49 am
[PROBLEM]
Sometimes I have the situation where the access rights look like this:
Now that's no problem for one folder, but "Data" has a thousands of subfolders and files... 
[SOLUTION]
Thanks to StackExchange answer by user "WombleGoneBad", here's a great 2-liner:
The first line changes all folder to "drwxr-xr-x" (=755) and all files to "rw-r--r--" (=644).
NOTE: This removes executable rights from files.
This is usually not a problem with data-storage only folders, but definitely a no-go when applied to operating system folders and such.
Needed this 2-lines so often that I found it worth writing it down
It's all in a day's work for "recursive find permission change"!
Sometimes I have the situation where the access rights look like this:
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drwx------ 280 pi pi 16384 Oct 25 11:29 Data[SOLUTION]
Thanks to StackExchange answer by user "WombleGoneBad", here's a great 2-liner:
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$ find /path/to/folder -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
$ find /path/to/folder -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;NOTE: This removes executable rights from files.
This is usually not a problem with data-storage only folders, but definitely a no-go when applied to operating system folders and such.
Needed this 2-lines so often that I found it worth writing it down
It's all in a day's work for "recursive find permission change"!