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Power 6/32 Unix version 1.2b

.TH CHOWN 8 "18 July 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
chown \- change owner
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/chown
[
.B \-f
]
owner file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Chown
changes the owner of the
.I files
to
.IR owner .
The owner may be either a decimal UID or
a login name found in the password file.
.PP
Only the super-user can change owner,
in order to simplify accounting procedures.
No errors are reported when the
.B \-f
(force) option is given.
.SH FILES
/etc/passwd
.SH "SEE ALSO"
chgrp(1),
chown(2),
passwd(5), group(5)

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