find /start/path -user=olduser -exec /usr/bin/chown olduser newuser {} \;

root has to run this because only root can chown.

You might want to run
find /start/path -user=olduser -ls

just to make sure you catch all the files you want and only the files you
want first.

Have fun!
Kai.

"He who angers you conquers you." -- Elizabeth Kenny

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Hefty [mailto:R.Hefty AT LABSAFETY DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 November 2002 10:26 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Permissions change after a retrieve
>
> Hello all,
>
> Server version: 4.2.2
> Aixnode1: TSM - 4.1.0 ,OS - 4.3.3.06
> Aixnode2: TSM - 4.2.2 ,OS - 5.1.02
>
> We recently retrieved a file from Aixnode1 to Aixnode2 via
> the client gui.
> The two nodes are not exactly the same in users groups in
> that the owner of
> the original file doesn't exist on Aixnode2 and will not.  Is
> there any way
> to specify a user in the retrieval process so we don't have
> to go through
> every object and change ownership on it?
>
> One idea I had was to create these users on Aixnode2 just for
> the purpose of
> the retrieval and then if there was a command to change
> ownership on ALL
> files owned by this user to another we could then eliminate that user.
> Unfortunately my Aix background is quite limited.
>
> Any help is appreciated!  Thanks.
>
> Rob
>