NAME

chown, chgrp − change owner or group of a file

SYNTAX

chown owner file... 
chgrp group file... 

DESCRIPTION

The chown command 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. 

The chgrp command 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. 

If either command is invoked by other than the superuser, the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits of the file mode, 04000 and 02000 respectively, will be cleared. 

FILES

/etc/passwd
/etc/group

SEE ALSO

chown(2), group(5), passwd(5)