chown

PURPOSE

     Changes the owner of files or directories.

SYNOPSIS
     chown owner file ...

     chgrp group file ...


DESCRIPTION

     The  chown command  changes  the owner  of the  specified
     files or  directories to  username or userID.   The group
     associated with the file or directory is not affected.

     Note:  If  you give ownership  of a file or  directory to
     another user, you cannot regain ownership unless you have
     superuser authority.

     If the  file or directory  resides on a remote  node, the
     translated user ID is used.

FLAG

     -r        Causes the untranslated user ID to be used.

EXAMPLE

       chown  jim  program.c

     The user access permissions  for "program.c" now apply to
     "jim".  As  the owner, "jim"  can use chmod to  permit or
     deny the other users  access to "program.c".  See "chmod"
     for details.

FILES

     /etc/passwd  File that contains user ids.

RELATED INFORMATION

     The following command:  "passwd."

     The chown and chownx system  calls and the passwd file in
     AIX Operating System Technical Reference.

     "Distributed Services id Translation" in Managing the AIX
     Operating System.