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. The password file is /etc/passwd.

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. 
 
However, you can often work on a copy of a file by copying it to one of your own directories.  See cp(1).

EXAMPLE

chown unisoft filea fileb filec

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

FILES

/etc/passwd
/etc/group

SEE ALSO

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

7th Edition  —  1/6/82