Hi, everyone. Hope you can help me with this one. I routinely make backups on CDs. When I restore anything from the CD to my SuSE 8.0 those files are read-only. Not a problem, I can right click on the document or whatever, click the permissions tab, and put an "x" in the box that says "user/write," and I can then modify the file. But what if I have a folder with lots of files. It's a huge pain to have to click "write" in each one of them. So I tried right clicking on the folder that contained a bunch of documents. I right click, then click on "properties," then permissions, and at the bottom of the screen is a place for a check box that says "Apply changes to all sub-directories and their contents." Ah-hah, I figure. That should allow me to write-enable all items in a folder at the same time. But it doesn't work. When I do that nothing inside the folder changes. I still have to write-enable each item individually. Am I doing something wrong? Have I overlooked a setting somewhere? Thanks! :o) Gil
Gil Weber wrote:
So I tried right clicking on the folder that contained a bunch of documents. I right click, then click on "properties," then permissions, and at the bottom of the screen is a place for a check box that says "Apply changes to all sub-directories and their contents."
That should have worked.
But it doesn't work. When I do that nothing inside the folder changes. I still have to write-enable each item individually.
Am I doing something wrong? Have I overlooked a setting somewhere?
If that doesn't work, try "chmod -cRv u+w (path to directory)". That change everything under that level and show you what it did. ;-) -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace God, I am what I am.
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Gil Weber wrote:
So I tried right clicking on the folder that contained a bunch of documents. I right click, then click on "properties," then permissions, and at the bottom of the screen is a place for a check box that says "Apply changes to all sub-directories and their contents."
That should have worked.
But it doesn't work. When I do that nothing inside the folder changes. I still have to write-enable each item individually.
Am I doing something wrong? Have I overlooked a setting somewhere?
If that doesn't work, try "chmod -cRv u+w (path to directory)". That change everything under that level and show you what it did. ;-)
Great command! Thanks, Joe. Worked like a charm. Gil
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