chown(1-ucb)            (BSD Compatibility Package)            chown(1-ucb)

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.

OPTIONS
     -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.

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.

FILES
     /etc/group

     /etc/passwd

SEE ALSO
     chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(2), passwd(4).

















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