How do i apply ownership and permissions recursively onto a directory using another directory as reference in linux

Question

Folder A has correct ownership and permissions on all its files/subfolders. Folder B exact same content but with ownership and permissions messed up. Need to apply chmod/chown using Folder B as reference on everything under FOlder A.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '19 at 15:39

1

Using --reference option the chmod command is capable to clone permissions from one file/directory to another

 $ chmod --reference=FolderB FolderA

answered Mar 19 '19 at 15:39

Hasta Tamang

111
3

How do i apply ownership and permissions recursively onto a directory using another directory as reference in linux

1 Answers1