chmod 775 on a folder but not all files under that folder

Question

by assigning 775 rights of user to a folder (project) does that impact the files permissions under the folder? ``` # chown -R root:user1 /var/www/project/ # chmod 775 -R /var/www/project/ ``` Meaning, if `/project/config.html` used to have a 664 right does that mean that 664 right disappears and grants 775? How to avoid this to happen? There are files and folders with different rights under `/project/` and I do not want these to be overridden.

Accepted Answer

Remove the `-R` flag. That means it changes all files and folders in the subdirectory as well.

```
# chown root:user1 /var/www/project/
# chmod 775 /var/www/project/
```

chmod 775 on a folder but not all files under that folder

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