GNU bug report logs - #18937
chmod ???? bug?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Plato <platoxw <at> wishmail.net>

Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 18:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Plato <platoxw <at> wishmail.net>, 18937-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18937: chmod ???? bug?
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:13:08 -0800

On 11/03/2014 10:26 AM, Plato wrote:
> chmod -R 644/media/plato/mountedpartition/

The behavior you observe is what I'd expect once the permissions on 
directories are messed up. To fix it, try "chmod -R 
+X/media/plato/mountedpartition/" as root.
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