Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes: > find / -type d -exec chmod 0755 {}; > find / -type f -exec chmod 0644 {}; Or, if you have GNU tools, the following is safer: find / -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod -- -- Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not make messes in the house. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"