From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Samuel Subject: oops Re: Change permissions of files to -xw +r for all other users Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 04:52:53 -0700 Message-ID: <42D50095.7020202@bcgreen.com> References: <200505261844.36271.rhys@rhyshardwick.co.uk> <42A86A31.5040200@bcgreen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <42A86A31.5040200@bcgreen.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Stephen Samuel , rhys@rhyshardwick.co.uk, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Stephen Samuel wrote: > Rhys Hardwick wrote: > >> Hey there, >> >> I know this may be a case of RTM, but I am getting confused on it. >> >> I want to change the permissions of all the files in my home folder to >> read only for all users but myself, but to leave directories >> executable so that they can be opened. I have had difficulty doing >> this for only other users, and have ended up -xw for myself as well, >> even tyring many variations of the -o tag. Any help would be fantastic. > find ~ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod og=r On second thought: Presuming that you really just want to remove write access, I'd try 'chmod og-w' or 'chmod og-wx' That would remove the write bit or the write and execute bits, but not add the read bit. There tend to be some files in a users directory that you don't want readable all (like ssh private keys, cert files etc.) -- Stephen Samuel +1(604)876-0426 samuel@bcgreen.com http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/ Powerful committed communication. Transformation touching the jewel within each person and bringing it to light. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs