v7 man page for chown

CHOWN(1)						      General Commands Manual							  CHOWN(1)

NAME
       chown, chgrp - change owner or group

SYNOPSIS
       chown owner file ...

       chgrp group file ...

DESCRIPTION
       Chown changes the owner of the files to owner.  The owner may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file.

       Chgrp changes the group-ID of the files to group.  The group may be either a decimal GID or a group name found in the group-ID file.

       Only the super-user can change owner or group, in order to simplify as yet unimplemented accounting procedures.

FILES
       /etc/passwd
       /etc/group

SEE ALSO
       chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)

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