chown(1)                (BSD Compatibility Package)                chown(1)


   NAME
         chown - change file owner

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/ucb/chown [-fhR] owner[.group] file ...

   DESCRIPTION
         chown changes the owner of the files to owner.  The owner may be
         either a decimal user ID or a login name found in /etc/passwd file.
         The optional .group suffix may be used to change the group at the
         same time.

         If chown is invoked by other than the super-user, the set-user-ID bit
         of the file mode, 04000, is cleared.

         Only the super-user may change the owner of a file.

         Valid options to chown are:

         -f    Suppress error reporting

         -h    If the file is a symbolic link, change the owner of the
               symbolic link.  Without this option, the owner of the file
               referenced by the symbolic link is changed.

         -R    Descend recursively through directories setting the ownership
               ID of all files in each directory entered.

   FILES
         /etc/group
         /etc/passwd

   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 the Remote File Sharing chapter of the System
         Administrator's Guide.

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











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