[WBEL-users] chmod question

[Jesus Aneiros Sosa]

Hi,

I think this is not possible with only chmod but you could use find in 
combination with chmod

find / -type d -exec chmod 640 \{\} \;

You could use -ok instead of -exec to ask for a confirmation :)

Best regards, Jesus.

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Plug N Play wrote:

> Good day to all,
> 
>  
> 
> Here’s a quick question, how can I change the permission of the main
> directory including
> 
> Its subdirectory recursively without affecting the permission on the files.
> 
>  
> 
> Command chmod 640 –R * will not do since it changes everything including the
> files
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you and more power!
> 
>  
> 
> Marc
> 
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