Changing permission recursively

[Toni Van Remortel]

Hi all,

some days ago I asked about changing ownership and permission of files,
after moving an HD on a different client.
I was suggested to change the owner of the file(s) to administrator, then
re-open properties and edit permission for administrator.
It works fine (thanks folks) but I'd like to do this for many folders and
subfolders at once. It seems not working. It seems when different file
types are included, the multiple selection do not work for changing
ownership. To change permission for all files and folders on the HD it'd
become extremely time consuming.

Can anybody suggest a better way, if exists?

Use the setacl command. Works like a charm, even recursive.
You might want to read the instructions 5 times, but once you get it, you're
done. Best thing to do, is to read the examples on the website.
http://setacl.sourceforge.net/

 

[Zeepowlee]

Or maybe to change ownership to Mysubdir2 I need to have changed ownership
before to all its parent folders???