oops Re: Change permissions of files to -xw +r for all other users

Stephen Samuel wrote:
> Rhys Hardwick wrote:
>
> > Hey there,
> >
> > I know this may be a case of RTM, but I am getting confused on it.
> >
> > I want to change the permissions of all the files in my home folder to 
> > read only for all users but myself, but to leave directories 
> > executable so that they can be opened.  I have had difficulty doing 
> > this for only other users, and have ended up -xw for myself as well, 
> > even tyring many variations of the -o tag.  Any help would be fantastic.


> find ~ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod og=r

On second thought:
Presuming that you really just want to remove write access, I'd
try  'chmod og-w' or 'chmod og-wx'

That would remove the write bit or the write and execute bits,
but not add the read bit.  There tend to be some files in a users
directory that you don't want readable all (like ssh private keys,
cert files etc.)

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