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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)chown.8     6.3 (Berkeley) 4/21/88
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH CHOWN 8 "April 21, 1988"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: chown \- change owner
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B chown
                     13: [
                     14: .B \-Rf
                     15: ]
                     16: owner[.group] file ...
                     17: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     18: .I Chown
                     19: changes the owner of the
                     20: .I files
                     21: to
                     22: .IR owner .
                     23: The owner may be either a decimal UID or
                     24: a login name found in the password file.
                     25: An optional group may also be specified.
                     26: The group may be either a decimal GID or
                     27: a group name found in the group-ID file.
                     28: .PP
                     29: Only the super-user can change owner,
                     30: in order to simplify accounting procedures.
                     31: No errors, except for usage errors, are reported when the
                     32: .B \-f
                     33: (force) option is given.
                     34: .PP
                     35: When the
                     36: .B \-R
                     37: option is given, 
                     38: .I chown
                     39: recursively descends its directory arguments
                     40: setting the specified owner.
                     41: When symbolic links are encountered, their ownership is changed,
                     42: but they are not traversed.
                     43: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     44: chgrp(1), chown(2)

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