Mass change file permissions

Long story but basically a couple of months ago one of my logins just suddenly dissapeared. Would not let me in with that user name...no good. Was still able to access the files going through the root, but when I created a new login I was unable to access the old login's files...only through the root. Is there a way to mass change the permissions so that the files are accessible?
much thanks!
aaron

Rippeddisc wrote:
Long story but basically a couple of months ago one of my logins just suddenly dissapeared. Would not let me in with that user name...no good. Was still able to access the files going through the root, but when I created a new login I was unable to access the old login's files...only through the root. Is there a way to mass change the permissions so that the files are accessible?
yes, it's possible but you have to do it from terminal. DO NOT try to change permissions recursively on your old home folder from Finder. However, none of this is probably necessary and it should be a simple matter to recreate your old account with the old homedirectory. would you prefer that or do you really want to just move the files from the old home directory to the new one?
if you don't want to recreate the old user,
to recursively change permissions on that home directory run the following terminal command from the account you want to access those files from
sudo chown -R $USER /users/oldusername
instead of oldusername put the short name of the user that disappeared.
You'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see). that's normal.
much thanks!
aaron
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