CP command - how to use correctly?

[Dreamy]

Id want to copy software files from USER01 to USER02 and to USER03 so that they would work under USER02 and USER03 correctly.

I would have to copy them by using putty and logged in as root.

How can I get them to use right permissions and right owner and right group?

I have tried
cp -pr /mydir/user01 /mydir/user02
chown -R user02:user02 /mydir/user02

cp -pr /mydir/user01 /mydir/user03
chown -R user03:user03 /mydir/user03

This doesnt get soft working.

[sirotex]

chmod user/group/world for permissions. chown to change owner/group. Really you should know this for BASIC skills in *nix.

[Dreamy]

I ment how to copy right permissions not how to set them. Im not gonna overset all 2000 files permissions, thats insane.

Couldnt it auto change owner and group into owner and group whos folder Im copying it into?