CHOWN

Section: User Commands (1)
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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 UID 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 GID or a group name found in the group-ID file.

Only the super-user can change owner or group, in order to simplify as yet unimplemented accounting procedures.  

FILES

/etc/passwd
/etc/group  

SEE ALSO

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


 

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