chown(1)           UNIX System V(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) in the User's Reference Manual
      chown(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual
      passwd(4) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual













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