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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 2da69ef2 | 5 | .\" @(#)chown.8 6.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 15102292 | 6 | .\" |
| 567e801b | 7 | .TH CHOWN 8 "" |
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8 | .UC 4 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 94785de7 | 10 | chown \- change owner |
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11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 12 | .B /etc/chown | |
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13 | [ |
| 14 | .B \-f | |
| 567e801b | 15 | .B \-R |
| 94785de7 | 16 | ] |
| 567e801b | 17 | owner[.group] file ... |
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18 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 19 | .I Chown | |
| 20 | changes the owner of the | |
| 21 | .I files | |
| 22 | to | |
| 23 | .IR owner . | |
| 24 | The owner may be either a decimal UID or | |
| 25 | a login name found in the password file. | |
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26 | An optional group may also be specified. |
| 27 | The group may be either a decimal GID or | |
| 28 | a group name found in the group-ID file. | |
| 15102292 | 29 | .PP |
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30 | Only the super-user can change owner, |
| 31 | in order to simplify accounting procedures. | |
| 32 | No errors are reported when the | |
| 33 | .B \-f | |
| 34 | (force) option is given. | |
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35 | .PP |
| 36 | When the | |
| 37 | .B \-R | |
| 38 | option is given, | |
| 39 | .I chown | |
| 40 | recursively descends its directory arguments | |
| 41 | setting the specified owner. | |
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42 | When symbolic links are encountered, their ownership is changed, |
| 43 | but they are not traversed. | |
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44 | .SH FILES |
| 45 | /etc/passwd | |
| 15102292 | 46 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 94785de7 | 47 | chgrp(1), |
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48 | chown(2), |
| 49 | passwd(5), group(5) |