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Ukuser32
Asked: 2017-06-01 01:57:54 +0800 CST

How do I change group ownership on folders created by a specific user?

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I have user who has created a folder and so the permissions are user:user. I have now added user to group so my question is how can I update all folders created by user, as if I'd done chown user:group, but not all folders, because some have different owners. In effect - refresh folders to update the new group rights? Filezilla lists them still with the old user:group permissions.

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  1. Use find to do this:

    find -type d -user $USER -exec chown :groupname {} +

    it will finds all directories which belongs to the user $USER and changes the group of them to groupname.

    • Note: $USER is the current user you can change it with your desired one.
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