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@(#)chown.8 4.1 (Berkeley) 04/27/85
All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
@(#)chown.8 4.1 (Berkeley) 04/27/85
CHOWN 8 "4/3/81"
C 4 NAME
chown, chgrp - change owner or group
SYNOPSIS
/etc/chown owner 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
"SEE ALSO"
chown(2),
passwd(5), group(5)