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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.
Only the super-user can change owner,
in order to simplify accounting procedures.
No errors are reported when the
recursively descends its directory arguments
setting the specified owner.