CHMOD Files and Directories Recursively (Mac OS X)

November 23rd, 2010
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Development, Hints / Tips | 4 Comments

In terminal, first cd into the directory you want to chmod.

To CHMOD only directories to 755:

find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

To CHMOD only php files to 644:

find . -type f -name '*.php' -exec chmod 644 {} \;

This worked well to figure out permissions for my local WordPress install. I did have to specficially give my uploads directory write access, but it cleaned up all of the other files and folders.

4 Comments:

  1. I always enjoy your topics, thanks a lot!

    Robb
    4 Dec, 2010

  2. With regular growth in the demand for eLearning it would be ideal if you could give this topic some consideration…

    Training Management Software
    2 Jan, 2011

  3. chmod +X

    derpa
    18 Mar, 2011

  4. Great blog! Keep the good stuff coming!

    Markus Right
    18 Jul, 2011

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