Re: chmod mistake

2005-11-06 Thread Seeker5528
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:49:39 +0100 David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something along the lines of: > > chmod -R 700 ~/ > find ~/ -type f -exec chmod 600 {} \; > > might do what you want. Would it be better to do this? find ~/ -P -type d -exec chmod 700 {} \; find ~/ -P -type f -exec ch

Re: chmod mistake

2005-11-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/11/05 12:49), David Dorward wrote: > > 2. "find" in my home directory gives 1,300 files. Is there any utility that > > can be used to adjust their permissions quickly? (I will mostly be > > recursively setting permissions on directories.) > > Something along the lines of: > > chmod -R 700

Re: chmod mistake

2005-11-02 Thread David Dorward
On 02/11/05, Masatran (Rajasekaran Deepak) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. "find" in my home directory gives 1,300 files. Is there any utility that > can be used to adjust their permissions quickly? (I will mostly be > recursively setting permissions on directories.) Something along the lines of:

Re: chmod mistake

2005-11-02 Thread Joris Huizer
Masatran (Rajasekaran Deepak) wrote: I accidently executed "chmod -R a+rX ." on my home directory. I want to undo its effect. 1. Is there any way to undo its effect? (I do not have any recent backup, and the administrators do not maintain a backup.) 2. "find" in my home directory gives 1,300 fi

chmod mistake

2005-11-02 Thread Masatran (Rajasekaran Deepak)
I accidently executed "chmod -R a+rX ." on my home directory. I want to undo its effect. 1. Is there any way to undo its effect? (I do not have any recent backup, and the administrators do not maintain a backup.) 2. "find" in my home directory gives 1,300 files. Is there any utility that can be u