Comments on: chmod: copy user / owner permissions to group http://tonymcneil.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/chmod-copy-user-owner-permissions-to-group/ notes on code development & software Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ben http://tonymcneil.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/chmod-copy-user-owner-permissions-to-group/#comment-26 Ben Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:51:51 +0000 http://tonymcneil.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-26 chmod actually has built in support for this operation: chmod g+u file This command will make the group permissions of "file" be the same as user permissions. If you want to do it recursively from a directory, just do: chmod -R g+u . chmod actually has built in support for this operation:

chmod g+u file

This command will make the group permissions of “file” be the same as user permissions. If you want to do it recursively from a directory, just do:

chmod -R g+u .

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