Distribution/Version: Gentoo

Changing permissions recursively for an entire directory tree containing is
currently not a simple task in nautilus. It is possible to set permissions for
multiple files at once, but it is not possible to set permissions recursively to
files and folders below the current folder. 

This problem is frequently experienced by users copying data from read-only
media (CDs, DVDs etc.) to read/write media (hard disk):

Example:
Fred receives a CD full of documents all organized into multiple levels of
sub-folders, which he copies to a folder in his home folder. He needs write
access to all files, but currently only has read access. So he has to go into
each sub-folder individually, select all files in that folder, then set
permissions correctly. A time-consuming task if there are many sub-folders.

On the command line, a simple "chmod -R u+w foldername" does the trick, but most
GUI users don't know that (and IMO shouldn't need to).

Possible Solution:
Add a new checkbox to the permissions tab of the folder properties dialog.
Something like:
"Apply permissions recursively" (too much jargon?)
or "Apply to all files and folders within this folder" (too long?)

There are probably better ways of putting that...

GDI