07-16-2002
This is for HPUX, your results may vary...
All base level, root level, "directories" should be owned by root:sys or root:bin, in almost every case. There may be some exceptions to this.
However, for mounted filesystems, mine are owned by bin:bin.
It really depends on the OS. You need to go to the website for your flavor of UNIX and see what they recommend.
#cd /
# ll |grep ^d|grep bin
dr-xr-xr-x 57 bin bin 5120 Jun 15 07:49 dev
dr-xr-xr-x 26 bin bin 7168 Jul 16 09:39 etc
dr-xr-xr-x 10 bin bin 1024 May 31 14:46 home
dr-xr-xr-x 37 bin bin 1024 Jun 12 14:03 opt
drwx--x--x 18 root bin 2048 Jul 16 08:57 root
dr-xr-xr-x 12 bin bin 3072 Mar 16 07:22 sbin
dr-xr-xr-x 7 bin bin 1024 Jun 15 07:36 stand
drwxrwxrwt 9 bin bin 49152 Jul 16 09:52 tmp
dr-xr-xr-x 25 bin bin 1024 May 18 09:35 usr
dr-xr-xr-x 23 bin bin 1024 May 18 09:35 var
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chown(8) System Manager's Manual chown(8)
Name
chown - change owner and, optionally, group
Syntax
/etc/chown [ -fR ] owner[.group] file...
Description
The command changes the owner and, optionally, group for one or more files and directories. The value for file can be a full or partial
path. The value for owner can be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file. The value for group can be either a
decimal GID or a group name found in the group file.
Only the superuser can change the ownership of a file. The superuser can also change the group of a file. The owner of a file can only
change the group, but the owner must be a member of any group specified.
Options
-f Inhibits display of errors that are returned when cannot change the owner or group of the specified files.
-R Causes to recursively descend any directories subordinate to file and to set the owner, group, or both for each file encountered.
When symbolic links are encountered, changes the owner and group for the link file itself but does not traverse the path associated
with the link. The option is useful only when file is a directory that is not empty.
Examples
Change the owner of to ecbell:
/etc/chown ecbell myfile
Change the owner of to craig and group of to admin:
/etc/chown craig.admin myfile
Change the owner to richart and group to eng for the directories and and for all files and directories on any levels subordinate to and
/etc/chown -R richart.eng projecta projectb
Files
See Also
chgrp(1), chown(2), group(5), group(5yp), passwd(5), passwd(5yp)
chown(8)