Change multiple user folder permissions

Question

Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help me. Stupidly I moved the folder where the users directories are with the finder. the result is I am having problems when a user logs is due to incorrect permissions. does anyone have a script or terminal command I can use to correct this issue. basically I need the folder name to be the owner and no access by other users. Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Anthony, you could use something crude like
#!/bin/bash
Users=/Users.txt
data=/pathto_Homedirectories
#for a list of users from data folder
ls -1 $data > $Users
for name in $(awk '{print $1}' < "
sudo chown -R $name $data/$name
done
exit
This is assuming the Home Directory names are standard.
You will need to edit the value for data.
As always test, test, test and have a good known working backup.