chown of all files/folders in a folder

[Rahul Sundaram]

Mark Sargent wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> how can you change ownership for all files/folders and below in a 
> folder..? I know chown root:root filepath is used to change either a 
> folder or file. Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.
>
Use chmod -R user:user folder name. its documented in man chmod

regards
Rahul