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 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss