On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:46 PM, g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jim wrote: > >> As SU and in /home/michael folder I'am running the command; >> >> chown -R michael:michael * > > that should work. > >> But it is not changing to owner "michael" in SOME of the folders and >> files in his 'home' folders. >> What command would I use ?? > > try 'chown -R michael:michael /home/michael'. > > [also, as a note to your typing, 'SU' should be 'su'.] > If i read him right then the hidden files and such aren't getting the right owner/group. I think its just the way the * is exapanded in the shell. he should have used *.* or what you suggested : chown -R michael:michael /home/michael -- "Any fool can know. The point is to understand." -Albert Einstein -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
