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.th CHOWN I 3/15/72
.sh NAME
chown \*- change owner
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd chown
owner file ...
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Owner
becomes the new owner of the files.
The owner may be either a decimal UID or
a login name found in the password file.
.s3
Only the owner of a file (or the super-user) is allowed to change the owner.
Unless it is done by the
super-user or the real user ID of the new owner,
the set-user-ID permission bit is
turned off as the owner of a file is changed.
.sh FILES
/etc/passwd
.sh BUGS
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15948997 KT	1	.th CHOWN I 3/15/72
	2	.sh NAME
	3	chown \*- change owner
	4	.sh SYNOPSIS
	5	.bd chown
	6	owner file ...
	7	.sh DESCRIPTION
	8	.it Owner
	9	becomes the new owner of the files.
	10	The owner may be either a decimal UID or
	11	a login name found in the password file.
	12	.s3
	13	Only the owner of a file (or the super-user) is allowed to change the owner.
	14	Unless it is done by the
	15	super-user or the real user ID of the new owner,
	16	the set-user-ID permission bit is
	17	turned off as the owner of a file is changed.
	18	.sh FILES
	19	/etc/passwd
	20	.sh BUGS