CHOWN(8)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             CHOWN(8)

NAME
     chown, chgrp - change owner or group

SYNOPSIS
     chown owner file ...

     chown owner.group file ...

     chgrp group file ...

DESCRIPTION
     _C_h_o_w_n changes the owner of the _f_i_l_e_s to _o_w_n_e_r.  The owner
     may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the
     password file.  If the second form is given both the owner
     and the group are changed.

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

     Only the super-user can change owner or group, in order to
     simplify as yet unimplemented accounting procedures.

FILES
     /etc/passwd
     /etc/group

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

BUGS
     If the owner's name contains a '.', chown must be done with
     numeric user-id.

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