Permisions rebelion

[nnjond59]

Hi,
I need to backup some Directories but

sudo chmod 777 *

Wont include permissions for daughter dirs

Do you know a solution?

Thanks

[impert]

sudo chmod -R 777 /dir
will change permissions for dir and everything in it. I would NOT use:
sudo chmod -R 777 *
This might get you into a lot of trouble.

[devils casper]

I agree with impert. Do not execute chmod command with *. Use it selectively on file/folder groups instead.

If you are using sudo then why do you need to change file permissions for backup? sudo gives you full privileges to copy/move file anywhere in file structure.