.TH CHOWN 8

.SH NAME

chown \- change owner

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBchown [\fB\-R\fR] \fIowner\fR[:\fIgroup\fR] \fIfile\fR ...\fR

.br

.de FL

.TP

\\fB\\$1\\fR

\\$2

..

.de EX

.TP 20

\\fB\\$1\\fR

# \\$2

..

.SH OPTIONS

.FL "\-R" "Change directory hierarchies"

.SH EXAMPLES

.EX "chown ast file1 file2" "Make \fIast\fR the owner of the files"

.EX "chown \-R ast:other dir" "Change the owner and group of all files in dir"

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

The owner field (and optionally group field) of the named files is changed

to

.I owner

(i.e., login name specified) and

.I group .

Alternatively, a decimal uid(gid) may be specified instead of a user name.

Only the superuser may execute this command.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR chgrp (1),

.BR chmod (1),

.BR ls (1),

.BR chown (2).