NAME

chown − change owner

SYNOPSIS

/etc/chown [ options ] owner [ .group ] file ... 

DESCRIPTION

Chown changes the owner of the files to owner. The owner may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file. An optional group may also be specified. The group may be either a decimal GID or a group name found in the group-ID file.

Only the super-user can change owner, in order to simplify accounting procedures. 

OPTIONS

−f Forces chown to run without reporting errors. 

−R Makes chown recursively descend its directory arguments and set the specified owner.  When chown encounters symbolic links, it changes their ownership, but does not traverse them. 

FILES

/etc/passwd

SEE ALSO

chgrp(1), chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  May 22, 1986