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Old 04-24-2012
Changing file/directory owner
Hi ,
I want to change owner of files or folder from 23186 to dsadm,

Present
-------
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 1 23186 gdstage 10240 Oct 31 2007 BLTRS
drwxrwxrwx 3 23186 gdstage 512 Sep 1 2010 sql

Required as
-----------
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 1 dsadm gdstage 10240 Oct 31 2007 BLTRS
drwxrwxrwx 3 dsadm gdstage 512 Sep 1 2010 sql

please provide the syntax to change one file or folder owner from one user to another user.
Thanks in advance for all your support.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-24-2012 at 01:03 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 04-24-2012
chown file1(gdstage) file2(dsadm)
# 3  
Old 04-24-2012
@coolboys. That syntax is incorrect
@sridhardw. See man chmod
# 4  
Old 04-24-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
@sridhardw. See man chmod
man chown even.
# 5  
Old 04-24-2012
Smilie Hehe
# 6  
Old 04-24-2012
For multiple files:
Code:
find . -user 23136 -print | while read filename
do
        # Before
        ls -lad "${filename}"
        # Remove echo when tested
        echo chown dsadm "${filename}"
        # After
        ls -lad "${filename}"
done

# 7  
Old 04-27-2012
When using "find -user" and "chown", you have to beware of symlinks. The find will find symlinks owned by that user, but chown will change the ownership of the file pointed to, not the symlink itself. When fixing up file ownerships like this, it's better to use chown -h
Code:
find . -user 23136 -exec chown -h dsadm {} \;

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