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CHOWN(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual CHOWN(1)

NAME

    chown, chgrp - change owner or group

SYNOPSIS

    chown owner file ...

    chgrp group file ...

DESCRIPTION

    _C_h_o_w_n changes the owner of the _f_i_l_e_s to _o_w_n_e_r.  The owner
    may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the
    password file.

    _C_h_g_r_p changes the group-ID of the _f_i_l_e_s to _g_r_o_u_p.  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)