NAME

chgrp − change group

SYNOPSIS

chgrp [ −f ] group file ... 

DESCRIPTION

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

The user invoking chgrp must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file, or be the super-user. 

No errors are reported when the −f (force) option is given. 

FILES

/etc/group

SEE ALSO

chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)

Sun Release 1.1  —  Last change: 16 July 1983