CHOWN(1)                             SysV                             CHOWN(1)



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.

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 "Mapping Remote Users" section of Chapter 10 of the
     SysV System Administrator's Guide.

FILES
     /etc/passwd
     /etc/group

SEE ALSO
     chmod(1).
     chown(2), group(4), passwd(4) in the SysV Programmer's Reference Manual.