Grr, how to chmod a directory for full access

I have searched and searched google how to CHMOD it and can only find out how to do files not directories.

I have directory on my desktop called "Ashley BACK UP" its has alot of my work on it now i only have read only access and its all in subfolders and there is about 3k file and folders on it. How do i chmod it so that i can have full access to all the files and folders? I can do it for all the files in a directory but not the subfolders and sub files

Tnx in advance Ash

 

BTW MacBook (running Mac OS 10.4.11)

 

Probably the same on Mac, but on Linux it's

Code:

chmod -R 777 /path/to/directory

Note of warning, 777 is a very open and insecure mode...

 

Yeah, open a terminal and do what Glider says. But there's no root account on OS X so you'll have to use

Code:

sudo chmod -R 777 /path/to/directory

otherwise you'll get some permissions errors I'd imagine.

 

-R means recursive. In case you don't want to set subfolders to 777 then remove the -R

 

Incidentally (and purely out of curiosity) does anyone know whether Mac OSX has man pages?

 

I have tried what you say and this is what i get

Code:

cpe-121-210-147-225:/ myerparramatta$ sudo chmod -r 777 /Users/myerparramatta/Desktop/Ashley\ BACK\ UP/
Password:
chmod: 777: No such file or directory

But the directory is there and now when i try and open it, it says i have no access i look at the get info panel and it says write only so i have to can it manualy thru the get info panel. All the subfiles and subfolders still read only

Anything else i can try

 

Capital R instead of r

 

Sure, it's the full BSD shell underneath.

Of course, you can do this in the GUI too. Cmd+I on the folder to get info, click the little lock icon in the bottom-right to get editing access, and then set things appropriately in the permissions bit at the bottom.

 

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