Comments on: How To Change Ownership of Files and Directories in Unix http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/ Learn UNIX Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:00:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dich thuat http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-7009 dich thuat Mon, 16 May 2011 08:09:56 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=439#comment-7009 I want chown folder and files in sub folder?? How to ?? chown congtydichthuat drupal/*/*/* or >???? I want chown folder and files in sub folder??

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]]> By: Kevin Kohrt http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-6915 Kevin Kohrt Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:15:42 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=439#comment-6915 How would I pipe the output of a find command so that I only changed the ownership of particular files. Specifically, I want to change the owner of all files I owned under my old account, foouser, to now be owned by my user in my new account, baruser; but not touch any files owned by root or www or whatever other odd things may have been set up within my home directory. How would I pipe the output of a find command so that I only changed the ownership of particular files. Specifically, I want to change the owner of all files I owned under my old account, foouser, to now be owned by my user in my new account, baruser; but not touch any files owned by root or www or whatever other odd things may have been set up within my home directory.

]]> By: Gleb Reys http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-6892 Gleb Reys Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:24:30 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=439#comment-6892 Hi Pushparaj, you'll be able to change group or user ownership for as long as you're doing this under superuser privileges. As a regular user (ABC in your example), you won't be able to change ownership, regardless if you were a member of a group g1 or not. In short: only root (privileged user) can change ownership of files. Regular users can't change ownership, but can change access permissions. Hi Pushparaj, you'll be able to change group or user ownership for as long as you're doing this under superuser privileges. As a regular user (ABC in your example), you won't be able to change ownership, regardless if you were a member of a group g1 or not.

In short: only root (privileged user) can change ownership of files. Regular users can't change ownership, but can change access permissions.

]]> By: pushparaj http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-6889 pushparaj Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:27:12 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=439#comment-6889 file1 owner : XYZ group :g1 when I change the ownership of a file1 to say ABC and ABC was not in group g1. will I am able to change the ownership?? file1 owner : XYZ group :g1

when I change the ownership of a file1 to say ABC and ABC was not in group g1. will I am able to change the ownership??

]]> By: Rob http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-6831 Rob Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:01:42 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=439#comment-6831 What happens if I get the error "Changing ownership of [drive]: Operation not permitted"? I've tried Googling, but the answers I find talk about "fstab" which I don't undderstand and as a result are reluctant to mess with. What happens if I get the error "Changing ownership of [drive]: Operation not permitted"?

I've tried Googling, but the answers I find talk about "fstab" which I don't undderstand and as a result are reluctant to mess with.

]]> By: scouser73 http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-6764 scouser73 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:57:34 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=439#comment-6764 This is a great tutorial, I tend to install tarballs rather than debs and this is an extremely quick way of changing permissions rather than gksudo nautilus and changinging each and every single file. This is a great tutorial, I tend to install tarballs rather than debs and this is an extremely quick way of changing permissions rather than gksudo nautilus and changinging each and every single file.

]]> By: Tim McCormack http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/how-to-change-ownership-of-files-and-directories-in-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-4671 Tim McCormack Tue, 26 May 2009 02:03:55 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=439#comment-4671 I understand why changing owner is only permitted for the superuser, but why would changing *group* also be locked down? I understand why changing owner is only permitted for the superuser, but why would changing *group* also be locked down?

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