BIFCHOWN(1)

NAME

bifchown, bifchgrp − change file owner or group

bifchown owner device:file ...

bifchgrp group device:file ...

Level: HP-UX/NUCLEUS

Origin: HP

Bifchown and bifchgrp are intended to mimic chown(1) and chgrp(1).

A BIF file name is recognized by the embedded colon (:) delimiter (see bif(5) for BIF file naming conventions).

Bifchown changes the owner of the files to owner. The owner may be either a decimal user ID or a login name found in the password file.

Bifchgrp changes the group ID of the files to group. The group may be either a decimal group ID or a group name found in the group file.

The examples that follow assume that a BIF directory structure exists on the HP-UX device file /dev/rfd.

The first example sets the owner of the BIF file /users/abc/phone.num to adm:

bifchown adm /dev/rfd:/users/abc/phone.num

The second example sets the group ID of the BIF file /tmp/b.date to the decimal number 105:

bifchgrp 105 /dev/rfd:/tmp/b.date

/etc/passwd
/etc/group