I'm looking for a Linux command to go through all the directories on my server and find all files with 777 permission. The output would be a list of all those files with full path.
4 Answers
And if you like to find all files without Permission 0777 then just enter a ! before the perm, e.g.
find / -type f ! -perm 0777
You can also change the permissions or ownership of all those files resulting from the find
execution using the -exec
option to avoid change them manually.
Example: In a web server you could need to grant the group to write files:
find /var/www/html -type f -perm 0777 -exec chmod 775 {} \; -exec chgrp www {} \;
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1Be very very careful doing this - always worth using -exec ls first in order to see what the effect of your command will do. Find is super powerful and will often find things you didn't expect it to. Mar 24, 2017 at 11:24
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It's true. My command should be used once you know which files will result from the search.– Jorge V.Apr 5, 2017 at 17:25
it's as easy as:
find / -perm 0777
if you only want to match files, use this instead:
find / -type f -perm 0777