Something like... #!/bin/bash for user in `dir /var/mail/users` ; do echo changing owner for user: $user chown -R $user. /var/mail/users/$user Done Chris Smith -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of justin at jv.dyns.cx Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:23 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [tclug-list] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail script Could someone please help me out and let me know a script or two that will change all files eg. /var/mail/user.file so the owner and group are the same as the file name. Hope this is enough info. Thanks JV _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list