I have a very large and deep directory. I would like to make all of it read only. The problem is I guess I have to distinguish between files (which will get a=r) and directories (which will get a=rx).
How can I do that?
I just found this: chmod a=rX which solves my problem. From the man: (X) execute/search only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user.
chmodaccepts modeX, which only setsxto directories.a=XYou can also just remove the write permission:
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1+1 for option 2 also, but -0.5 for misunderstanding what capital X means in chmod – Doug Harris Oct 5 '10 at 11:30
The suggestions above did not work for me, all folders were set read-only.
A colleague gave me this, which works:
find . -type f -exec chmod a-w {} \;
find somepath \( -type f -exec chmod a=r {} \; \) -o \( -type d -exec chmod a=rx {} \; \)
chmod a=rXwhich solves my problem. From theman: (X)execute/search only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user– David B Oct 5 '10 at 8:00