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Offline xor

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How to grant full access authorization. (for all folders and all files)!?

Offline Rich

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Hi xor
How to grant full access authorization. (for all folders and all files)!?
You don't.

If you need to edit a file that doesn't belong to you:
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sudo editor filename
If you need to copy a file to a directory that doesn't belong to you:
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sudo cp -a filename directory
If you need to make a subdirectory in a directory that doesn't belong to you:
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sudo mkdir directory/subdirectory
If you need to perform several commands on files or directories that don't belong to you:
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sudo su

# Perform your commands

exit

Offline xor

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Code: [Select]
sudo chown -R username:username /*
does this work! ?

Hi xor
How to grant full access authorization. (for all folders and all files)!?
You don't.

If you need to edit a file that doesn't belong to you:
Code: [Select]
sudo editor filename
If you need to copy a file to a directory that doesn't belong to you:
Code: [Select]
sudo cp -a filename directory
If you need to make a subdirectory in a directory that doesn't belong to you:
Code: [Select]
sudo mkdir directory/subdirectory
If you need to perform several commands on files or directories that don't belong to you:
Code: [Select]
sudo su

# Perform your commands

exit

Offline Rich

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Hi xor
Code: [Select]
sudo chown -R username:username /*
does this work! ?
On most files, yes.
On loop mounted extensions (/tmp/tcloop) and possibly a few others, no.
Blindly changing the ownership of all the files on the system may create other problems.
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