NAME

chown, chgrp − change owner or group

SYNOPSIS

chown owner file ... 

chown owner directory ... 

chgrp group file ... 

chgrp group directory ... 

DESCRIPTION

chown changes the owner of the files or directories 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 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 System Administrator’s Guide. 

SEE ALSO

chmod(1).  chown(2), group(4), passwd(4). 

September 02, 1992