chown(1)						      General Commands Manual							  chown(1)

NAME

       chown - Changes the owner of files or directories

SYNOPSIS

       chown [-fhR] owner [:group] file...

       The chown command changes the owner of the specified files or directories to the specified user name or user ID.

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       chown:  XCU5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS

       [Tru64  UNIX]  Turns  off error reporting.  [Tru64 UNIX]  If file is a symbolic link, chown -h file changes the owner of the symbolic link.
       The chown file format changes the owner of the file referenced by the symbolic link.  Descends recursively through its directory arguments,
       setting the specified owner.

OPERANDS

       The  pathname  of the file for which ownership is to be changed.  A user ID and optional group ID to be assigned to file. The owner portion
       of this operand must be a user name from the user database or a numeric user ID. Either specifies a user ID to be given to each file  named
       by one of the file operands. If a numeric owner operand exists in the user database as a user name, the user ID number associated with that
       user name will be used as the user ID.

	      If the group portion of this operand is present, it must be a group name from the group database or a numeric group ID. Either spec-
	      ifies  a	group  ID  to be given to each file. If a numeric group operand exists in the group database as a group name, the group ID
	      number associated with that group name will be used as the group ID.

DESCRIPTION

       [Tru64 UNIX]  Only a user with superuser authority can use the chown command.

       The owner argument must be a valid user name or a valid numerical user ID.  The optional group argument must be a valid	group  name  or  a
       valid numerical group ID.

EXIT STATUS

       The  following  exit  values  are  returned:  The  chown  command executed successfully and all requested changes have been made.  An error
       occurred.

EXAMPLES

       To change the owner of the file program.c, enter: chown	steffan  program.c

       The user access permissions for program.c now apply to steffan.	As the owner, steffan can use the chmod command  to  permit  or  deny  the
       other users access to program.c. See the chmod command for details.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The following environment variables affect the execution of chown: Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are
       unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used.  If any of the internationalization vari-
       ables  contain  an  invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined.  If set to a non-empty string value,
       overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables.  Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences  of  bytes
       of  text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments).	Determines the locale for the for-
       mat and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.  Determines the location of message catalogues  for  the  processing	of
       LC_MESSAGES.

FILES

       Contains user names and numeric user IDs.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  chgrp(1), chmod(1), passwd(1)

       Functions:  chown(2), chmod(2)

       Files:  passwd(4)

       Standards:  standards(5)

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