Root Owned Files Won't Allow Edit From Other Users

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I assume this is not a safe mode issue (that seems to have been remedied)

Is there a way to chown all files in a directory or just do it individually to key files I need to edit? I want all users of this site to use a non root user/pass
but when I try to edit a file using that other user/pass, the file won’t save. I get a permission denied error.

Is this just calling for a chown command or is it something else I have to be aware of?

Thanks

PS. Sorry for another new thread, I wasn’t sure if I should attach it to the other thread(s).

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Understanding Linux file permissions

Managing Group Access

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Thanks. I just wasn’t sure if
chown -R directory (such as public_html) would do it or if there is a better way to use
a full “Change 'em all” method. I’ve chmod’d a billion times (mostly ftp) but
most examples I see work for chown file name not ‘dir’

I’ll study more, I promise :wink:

TY for your time. It is appreciated.

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Hello,

If you wish to recursively change the ownership of files and folder under some folder and you have root access best way is go to folder location and just type : chown user:user foldername -Rf and its done