chown(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   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) in the  User's  Refer-
     ence Manual.
     chown(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
     passwd(4) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.












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