09-01-2008
Thanks for the reply.
I just this minute go tit to work.
I copied the files as mentioned above then used chgrp -R to change th egroup ownership. I could then log in under a different user via ftp and download the files.
Thanks again for the suggestions
Mr M
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CHGRP(1) FSF CHGRP(1)
NAME
chgrp - change group ownership
SYNOPSIS
chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...
chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
DESCRIPTION
Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP.
-c, --changes
like verbose but report only when a change is made
--dereference
affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather than the symbolic link itself
-h, --no-dereference
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (available only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)
-f, --silent, --quiet
suppress most error messages
--reference=RFILE
use RFILE's group rather than the specified GROUP value
-R, --recursive
operate on files and directories recursively
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for chgrp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chgrp programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info chgrp
should give you access to the complete manual.
chgrp (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 CHGRP(1)