[angst]

does any one know the code that I need to get my files set to this permission: drwxr-xr-x ?

thanks in advance for your time!

[codejockey]

Try chmod 755 * to change all files (and directories) to rwx-r-x-r-x. The chmod man page has details.

Hope this helps.

[codejockey]

An addendum to my earlier post:

The command chmod 755 * will change the permissions of all files and directories in the current directory to rwx-r-x-r-x. However, you may have had something else in mind, such as changing all files and directories in an entire tree to a specified permission. You'll need a command such as the following to do this:

find . -exec chmod 755 {} \;

which will change all files and directories in and below the current directory to permission rwx-r-x-r-x. You can restrict the changes to directories by adding the -type parameter to the find command:

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

You can use:

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

to apply the changes only to files. Note that you must own the file or directory or be the superuser in order to change its mode.

Hope this helps.