Or if your like me and love to do things visually (not always...but ...

)....... you can use konqueror and open up a file browser and right click on your folder, and make changes under PROPERTIES......... (the example below is my DVD folder)
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This is the quickest way for me to change the chmod settings of several folders while using KDE. ..... just one more way to solve the same problem.