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Old 03-27-2015
Permissions on directories and files

Hello,

I have a main directory called /test123

/test123 has lot of sub-directories and files.

drwxr-x--- 21 root system 4096 Jan 25 10:20 /test123


Here, "other" does not have any access to /test123 folder.

How can we provide read-only access to others on /test123 content ?

I understand that all directories and sub-directories need "x" permission as well

If I run chmod -R o+r /test123, directories wont get "x" permission.


I want to get read and execute on directories/sub-directories and Read only on files for others. please explain.

Last edited by rbatte1; 04-07-2015 at 11:58 AM.. Reason: Spelling, capital letters and highlighting for clarity
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Old 03-27-2015
To set other-read and other-executable bits on all folders in a tree:

Code:
find /test123 -type d -exec chmod o+rx '{}' ';'

This is different than chmod -R in that it doesn't set the files, too.
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