I just downloaded MediaWiki software on my server for installation. After decompressing it, I noticed that PHP files were not executable.
I ran chmod +x *.php* (there are also .php5 files) but it didn't work in subdirectories.
How can I add the executable flag to all PHP scripts inside the MediaWiki folder recursively scanning the subfolders?
Thank you in advance.
asked Dec 27, 2010 at 14:54
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Use bash in the MediaWiki directory
find . -iname "*.php" | xargs chmod +xanswered Dec 27, 2010 at 15:02
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It does not work in subdirectories, because *.php* does not match any directories and hence does not include it.
Therefore you should use something like find ./ -iname "*.php*" -exec chmod 755 {} \; with the respective bits to set.
answered Dec 27, 2010 at 15:11
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How can I recursively chmod everything inside of a folder?
e.g. I have a folder called var which contains many subfolders and files.
How can I apply chmod 755 recursively to this folder and all its contents?
asked May 23, 2018 at 10:13
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Please refer to the manual (man chmod):
-R, --recursive change files and directories recursivelychmod -R 755 /path/to/directory would perform what you want.
However…
You don't usually want to 755 all files; these should be 644, as they often do not need to be executable. Hence, you could do find /path/to/directory -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; to only change directory permissions. Use -type f and chmod 644 to apply the permissions to files.
This will overwrite any existing permissions. It's not a good idea to do it for /var — that folder has the correct permissions set up by the system already. For example, some directories in /var require 775 permissions (e.g., /var/log).
So, before doing sudo chmod — particularly on system folders — pause and think about whether that is really required.
answered May 23, 2018 at 10:19
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For a PHP-based web site, many sources like this one recommend 755 for directories and 644 for files.
If you are in the DocumentRoot of the website, you can set this as follows:
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
answered Jun 25, 2020 at 1:11
If you wish to apply chmod to a specific directory/ file you can make use of find as following:
find . -type f -name "*.sh" -print0 |xargs -0 chmod 755answered Mar 20, 2020 at 0:01
To set the rights for all files (to 644) and all directories (to 755) in your directory YOUR_CATALOG at once you can use this:
find YOUR_CATALOG -type f -exec chmod 664 {} + -o -type d -exec chmod 775 {} +answered Oct 19, 2020 at 9:37
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You can give all permission for your localhost
sudo chmod -R goa=rwx /path/to/directoryanswered Sep 21, 2021 at 21:21
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