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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I want to change the ownership of a directory ONLY.
my id
id1 owns the files under the /mypath/bin
but /mypath/bin is owned by id2
If i log into id2
I can't do
chown id1 /mypath/bin (1 Reply)
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on my Solaris 10 machine user's home directory ownership is being changed automatically to their UID. can any one please tell me whats the reason behind it .
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
accidentally i have changed ownership of a directory,subdirectory and files wil below command. I want to the change ownership back as same as in same directory on another server. How can i do it?
chown -R user:group /u01
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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I have create a new user with uid and gid as 0 in SuSE-11 Server. After that all the files having root owner ship are showing as new user name as owner. If I login as root, and type 'id' command, it also shows the new user.
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
When I checked to see who or what owns the files in my bin directory I noticed that some were owned by root while many others were owned by bin.
Should I be concerned that there are files in this directory owned by bin or is bin the same as root as it pertains to limiting access to the files in... (3 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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7. AIX
I want to serch for a string in all the files in the root directory. i want the search to be limited to only the files in the directory i.e the search to be done only in the files not in the sub directory.
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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I need to find all the log files under the root directory and delete them if necessary, if any one has a sample script who can share with me.
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi
currently i am migrating some directories over to a new server. is there any command (rcp or ftp or anything) for me to use without changing the ownership and permission of the directory?
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do I change ownership of a directory and all of it's files without changing permissions? (1 Reply)
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