NAME

chown, chgrp − change file owner or group

SYNOPSIS

chown owner file ... 

chgrp group file ... 

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/NUCLEUS

Origin: System V

Native Language Support:
8−bit filenames.

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 the password file. 

Chgrp 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. 

In order to change the owner or group, you must own the file or be the super-user.  If either command is invoked by other than the super-user, 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

chmod(1), chown(2), group(5), passwd(5). 

Hewlett-Packard  —  last mod. May 11, 2021