Setting File and Directory Permissions Recursively on Linux

Published by Torry Crass on

This is always a handy set of commands to have laying around.  There are many sites that provide the same info, but I use it often enough that I thought I would put it up to have it handy for me as well.  If you accidentally reset a bunch of file or folder permissions or have a script that does it for you.  These commands can be a lifesaver.

To set permissions recursively on files:

find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;

To set permissions recursively on folders:

find . -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;

 


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