CHOWN(1)             INTERACTIVE UNIX System             CHOWN(1)



          NAME
               chown, chgrp - change owner or group

          SYNOPSIS
               chown owner file ...

               chown owner directory ...

               chgrp group file ...

               chgrp group directory ...

          DESCRIPTION
               The chown command changes the owner of the files or direc-
               tories to owner.  The owner may be either a decimal user ID
               or a login name found in the password file.

               The chgrp command changes the group ID of the files or
               directories to group.  The group may be either a decimal
               group ID or a group name found in the group file.

               If either command is invoked by other than the super-user,
               the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits of the file mode,
               04000 and 02000 respectively, will be cleared.

               Only the owner of a file (or the super-user) may change the
               owner or group of that file.

          FILES
               /etc/passwd
               /etc/group

          NOTES
               In a Remote File Sharing environment, you may not have the
               permissions that the output of the ls -l command leads you
               to believe.  For more information see the "Mapping Remote
               Users" section of Chapter 10 of the User's/System
               Administrator's Guide.

          SEE ALSO
               chmod(1).
               chown(2), group(4), passwd(4) in the INTERACTIVE SDS Guide
               and Programmer's Reference Manual.












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