joe@actionline.com wrote:
> While the example commands below work to change permission for either a
> complete system or for a complete directory and all sub-directories, what
> would the syntax be for a similar command to 'chown' (change the owner)
> globally or for a designated directory and and the files and
> subdirectories below it?
> 
> find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
> find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755
> 
> find dir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
> find dir -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 744
> 

find dir -type f -exec chmod user:group {} \;
find dir -type d -exec chmod user:group {} \;

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

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