NAME

chown − change owner

SYNOPSIS

/etc/chown [ −f ] [ −R ] 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 Do not report errors. 

−R Recursively descend into directories setting the ownership of all files in each directory encountered.  When symbolic links are encountered, their ownership is changed, but they are not traversed. 

FILES

/etc/passwd

SEE ALSO

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

Sun Release 3.2  —  Last change: 25 July 1986