alternate to chmod 777

chmod 777 all files in directory  -R is to change all files in a correct me if i am wrong? hadoop fs -chmod 777 -R vamsipart-m-00003  I checked a few php files before and they are all root root, Ive changed the ownership of the templates_c folder to apache, nobody and root

The system refuses to allow me to change the permissions of directories and files My attempts to sudo chmod -r 777 cause the system to tell You're looking for chmod 777 -R This will change all permissions for all files and directories starting in the current directory and

ini: No such file or directory I've since tried to change the permissions on multiple files and folders in Filezilla and received the same In the previous section, you used the chmod command to change file permissions relative to their current settings You can also set the permissions for a file