NAME

chown, chgrp − change owner or group

SYNOPSIS

chown owner file ... 

chgrp group file ... 

DESCRIPTION

Chown changes the owner of the files to owner. The owner may be either a decimal user ID or a login name found in the password file. 

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

EXAMPLE

chown diane filea fileb filec

would make "diane" the owner of the three files. 

FILES

/etc/passwd
/etc/group

SEE ALSO

chown(2), group(4), passwd(4). 

Version 2.5r1  —  October 29, 1986