chown
For the surname, see Chown (surname).
The chown command (abbreviation for change owner) is used on Unix-like systems to change the owner of a file system object (files and directories). Unprivileged (regular) users who wish to change the group of a file that they own may use chgrp.
From the BSD man page for chown:
For obvious security reasons, the ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user. Similarly, only a member of a group can change a file's group ID to that group.[1]
See also
References
External links
- – Commands & Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX® Specification, Issue 7 from The Open Group
- chown manual page
- The chown Command by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
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