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Kar19
Asked: 2018-06-04 03:53:03 +0800 CST

How to copy file/folder permissions and ownerships from one folder to another (recursively) [duplicate]

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How do I copy all the folder, subfolders and files permissions (recursively) from /www_03062018 to my new /www ?

I came across this question on Super User.

chmod --reference=RFile file

Which didn't help much, it did apply a change for the main folder /www but didn't apply on its subfolders and files.

I have tried: 

chmod -R --reference=/www_03062018 /www

and it didn't work.

My situation:

I have 2 folders on my Ubuntu machine: /www and /www_03062018.

/www is a "git clone" from the production machine.

/www_03062018 is my old directory that i used to work on and upload files via FTP.

I started to use GIT and when I clone a directory its folder ownerships and file accesses settings don't get cloned along with it.

permissions git

1 Answers

  1. cd to the new directory which you want to give new permissions - in my case: 

    cd /www

    For CHMOD this worked: 

    find . -path ./.git -prune -or -exec chmod --reference '/www_03062018/{}' '{}' ';'

    And for CHOWN this worked: 

    find . -path ./.git -prune -or -exec chown --reference '/www_03062018/{}' '{}' ';'

    Hope this helps others :) !

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