1CHOWN(1)                    General Commands Manual                   CHOWN(1)
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NAME

6       chown, chgrp - change owner or group
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SYNOPSIS

9       chown owner file ...
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DESCRIPTION

14       Chown changes the owner of the files to owner.  The owner may be either
15       a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file.
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17       Chgrp changes the group-ID of the files to group.   The  group  may  be
18       either a decimal GID or a group name found in the group-ID file.
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20       Only  the super-user can change owner or group, in order to simplify as
21       yet unimplemented accounting procedures.
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FILES

24       /etc/passwd
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SEE ALSO

28       chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)
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