CHOWN(8-BSD)        RISC/os Reference Manual         CHOWN(8-BSD)



NAME
     chown - change owner

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/chown [ -f -R ] owner[.group] file...

DESCRIPTION
     chown changes the owner of the files to owner.  The owner
     may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the
     password file.  An optional group may also be specified.
     The group may be either a decimal GID or a group name found
     in the group-ID file.

     In order to simplify accounting procedures, if the
     _posix_chown_restricted kernel parameter is set to zero,
     only the super-user can change the owner.  See kopt(8).
     Also, the group cannot be changed to a group of which the
     current user is not a member.

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

     When the -R option is given, chown recursively descends its
     directory arguments setting the specified owner.  When sym-
     bolic links are encountered, their ownership is changed, but
     they are not traversed.

FILES
     /etc/passwd

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






















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