i'm new to Ubuntu and was wondering if there is a way to remove the ownership of all files and scripts from root to user even if i have to re-install Ubuntu? i do know about the command 'chown -v username foldername', although it doesn't work on all files.
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3If you take away root ownership of some files, Ubuntu will stop working. Why would you want to do this?– TheWandererMay 15, 2015 at 1:14
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3Really bad things will happen if you do this.– MarcMay 15, 2015 at 1:28
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Just go to the directory you want to change:
cd /opt/lampp/htdocs
and change the permission using the chown command:
sudo chown userName -R codeigniter
Where userName is the username and codeigniter is the folder's name.
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1@spasSpasov: Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your own edits in the future... ;-)– FabbyJan 21, 2017 at 8:41
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When you do an install you have several directories. Everything in /home/user/ can be changed to your user. If you chown the others your system will break. And when you chown you need to make sure you chown to the user and NOT just some name you choose. It will be the same name as the folder under /home/. Do not change either permissions or ownership of anything but files under /home/user/.
sudo chown -v -R user:user /home/user/
The command will change the user and the group to the same at the same time.
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The below is for individual file:
sudo chown user:user filename
For an entire directory it will be:
sudo chown user:user dirName
For recursive (i.e files and folders inside a folder):
sudo chown -R user:user dirName
Note: user is, if you do pwd under any Documents, you will see the path: /home/jhon/Documents. Here user is jhon.
