Setting the permissions on all files inside a folder without changing the permissions of the folder itself?

Andrea

2/20/23, 3:05 PM

I have a folder called my_files. I want to:

set the permissions to allow all users to read, write and execute the folder
and set the permissions on all files inside my_files to allow all users to read and write

As a noob having read the manual (man chmod), I think that the first is accomplished with:

chmod a=rwx my_files

I know that the option -R applies the permissions recursively, but I don't believe that's what I want for #2. Do I instead navigate my directory to the folder and apply chmod a=rw?

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easthighNerd

2/20/23, 4:15 PM

If you change the permissions of the folder first, then the contents second (via /path/to/my_files/* instead of /path/to/my_files) you should be able to accomplish what you're looking to do.

Example:

chmod a=rwx /path/to/my_files/ && chmod a=rw /path/to/my_files/*

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EN: Setting the permissions on all files inside a folder without changing the permissions of the folder itself?

TH: การตั้งค่าการอนุญาตสำหรับไฟล์ทั้งหมดภายในโฟลเดอร์โดยไม่เปลี่ยนการอนุญาตของโฟลเดอร์เอง?

RO: Setarea permisiunilor pentru toate fișierele dintr-un folder fără a modifica permisiunile folderului în sine?

RU: Установка разрешений для всех файлов внутри папки без изменения разрешений самой папки?

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