chown(1M)
NAME
chown − change owner
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/chown [ −f ] [ −R ] owner [ group ] filename ...
DESCRIPTION
chown changes the owner of the filenames to owner. The owner may be either a decimal user ID (UID) or a login name found in the password file. An optional group may also be specified. The group may be either a decimal group ID (GID) or a group name found in the GID file.
Only the super-user of the machine where the file is physically located can change owner, in order to simplify accounting procedures.
OPTIONS
−f Do not report errors.
−R Recursively descend into directories setting the ownership of all files in each directory encountered. When symbolic links are encountered, their ownership is changed, but they are not traversed.
FILES
/etc/passwd password file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
SEE ALSO
chgrp(1), chown(2), group(4), passwd(4), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.6 — Last change: 18 May 1993