Re: simple question

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> i want to make it so all my users can run a particular program
> (StarOffice) in the usr/share/ directory.  How can a change it so that
> it is owned by the group "users" so that, thus, all people can run it?
> I don't want to go through and change each and every file by hand, so 
i
> figure i can use wildcards, but i don't know the correct command to
> change the group that owns files, or if there is something special 
that
> i need to know so as to not mess things up when doing this.  thanks.

Why do you need to change the permissions?  A globally installed 
application should NOT be modifiable by the users.  The default 
network install of star office is globally executable.  If it is not 
there is a problem with the installation.