CHOWN(1)                                                 CHOWN(1)



     NAME
          chown, chgrp - change owner or group

     SYNOPSIS
          chown owner file ...

          chown owner directory ...

          chgrp group file ...

          chgrp group directory ...

     DESCRIPTION
          chown changes the owner of the files or directories 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 or directories to
          group.  The group may be either a decimal group ID or a
          group name found in the group file.

          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.

          Only the owner of a file (or the super-user) may change the
          owner or group of that file.

     FILES
          /etc/passwd
          /etc/group

     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.  For more information see the "Mapping Remote
          Users" section of Chapter 10 of the System Administrator's
          Guide.

     SEE ALSO
          chmod(1).
          chown(2), group(4), passwd(4) in the Programmer's Reference
          Manual.

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3









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