chown(1BSD)          (BSD System Compatibility)          chown(1BSD)


       NAME
             chown - (BSD) 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

       REFERENCES
             chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(2), passwd(4)














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