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Hello I new to linux and i have searched about 10 hours for a answer without success.
I have created a folder called "Datatank" and chmod 777 Datatank
All files and folder inside Datatank can I delete.
But if nobody user creates a folder inside Datatank, i can delete that folder. But if nobody user creates a folder a put files inside it i cant delete the files, only the whole folder.
Is is posible to give the parrent directory owner full access to all sub directories and files ?
I want all subfolders and files to inhert the permission from the parrent folder. So whoever can create a folder and i can delete files and folders inside it.
CasperC
Posted 2013-09-06T13:10:32.683
Reputation: 13
You can't change the owner of a file unless you are the superuser. But there may be another way to do what you want. What exactly is your end goal? You say you want "full access", but is it just that you want to be able to remove the subfiles? Remove the subdirectory? Move the subdirectory out of Datatank? – dg99 – 2013-09-06T13:14:00.693
I want to be able to delete files inside subdirs. I can only delete files/folders inside the parrent dir right now. I got a drive everyone can use, but if someone create a folder and put stuff inside it i cant delete the stuff. only the whole folder. cause i only got access to delete folders and files inside the parrent not inside the folder created by the other users wich is nobody – CasperC – 2013-09-06T13:22:19.477
Then @JustinSane's answer is exactly what you need. If you force everything inside Datatank to inherit your group and group permissions, you'll be able to delete whatever you want, even if the item is owned by another user. – dg99 – 2013-09-06T16:54:55.130