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Brett, you are on the correct path, and yes, ivanian, further information was needed; Sincesince the folders were copied to an existing directory there were some folders where the permissions did not apply correctly and had the permissions
   drwxrwS--- also.

Also read the following
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118853/… and superuser.com/questions/509114/…What does the 's' attribute in file permissions mean?

theThe command below applied the correct permissions.

sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" \;

Brett, you are on the correct path and yes ivanian, further information was needed; Since the folders were copied to an existing directory there were some folders where the permissions did not apply correctly and had the permissions
 drwxrwS--- also read the following
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118853/… and superuser.com/questions/509114/…

the command below applied the correct permissions.

sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" \;

Brett, you are on the correct path, and yes, ivanian, further information was needed; since the folders were copied to an existing directory there were some folders where the permissions did not apply correctly and had the permissions  drwxrwS---.

Also read What does the 's' attribute in file permissions mean?

The command below applied the correct permissions.

sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" \;
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Archemar
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Brett, you are on the correct path and yes ivanian, further information was needed; Since the folders were copied to an existing directory there were some folders where the permissions did not apply correctly and had the permissions
drwxrwS---drwxrwS--- also read the following
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118853/… and superuser.com/questions/509114/… the

the command below applied the correct permissions. sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" ;

sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" \;

Brett, you are on the correct path and yes ivanian, further information was needed; Since the folders were copied to an existing directory there were some folders where the permissions did not apply correctly and had the permissions
drwxrwS--- also read the following
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118853/… and superuser.com/questions/509114/… the command below applied the correct permissions. sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" ;

Brett, you are on the correct path and yes ivanian, further information was needed; Since the folders were copied to an existing directory there were some folders where the permissions did not apply correctly and had the permissions
drwxrwS--- also read the following
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118853/… and superuser.com/questions/509114/…

the command below applied the correct permissions.

sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" \;
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Brett, you are on the correct path and yes ivanian, further information was needed; Since the folders were copied to an existing directory there were some folders where the permissions did not apply correctly and had the permissions
drwxrwS--- also read the following
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/118853/… and superuser.com/questions/509114/… the command below applied the correct permissions. sudo find /correct/folder/path -type d -exec chmod g+x "{}" ;