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Subject:    oops Re: Change permissions of files to -xw +r for all other users
From:       Stephen Samuel <samuel () bcgreen ! com>
Date:       2005-07-13 11:52:53
Message-ID: 42D50095.7020202 () bcgreen ! com
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Stephen Samuel wrote:
> Rhys Hardwick wrote:
> 
>> Hey there,
>>
>> I know this may be a case of RTM, but I am getting confused on it.
>>
>> I want to change the permissions of all the files in my home folder to 
>> read only for all users but myself, but to leave directories 
>> executable so that they can be opened.  I have had difficulty doing 
>> this for only other users, and have ended up -xw for myself as well, 
>> even tyring many variations of the -o tag.  Any help would be fantastic.


> find ~ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod og=r

On second thought:
Presuming that you really just want to remove write access, I'd
try  'chmod og-w' or 'chmod og-wx'

That would remove the write bit or the write and execute bits,
but not add the read bit.  There tend to be some files in a users
directory that you don't want readable all (like ssh private keys,
cert files etc.)

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