RE: [SLE] chown problem

* James D. Parra <Jamesp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [02-23-06 16:24]:
Moved into a directory (on its own partition) three tiers deep; for
example
within /home/user/directory. Issued the command 'chown -R username * .*'
and

chown -R username * ./.*

expected to have all the files in and under the current directory changed
to
the current owner, which it did, however chown also changed the ownership
on
all the directories above the current dir', including all the directories
under /home and /home itself. What happened???

Looks like it understood you to say 'present directory and all others'
rather than 'present directory and those below', ie:
.* vs ./.*

~~

Thanks for the correction.

~James

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