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1.1       root        1: .TH CHOWN 8
                      2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals secur
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: chown \- change owner or group
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/chown
                      7: .IB owner , group
                      8: .I file ...
                      9: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     10: .I Chown
                     11: changes the owner of the
                     12: .I files
                     13: to
                     14: .I owner
                     15: and the groupid to
                     16: .IR group .
                     17: Either
                     18: .I owner
                     19: or
                     20: .I group
                     21: may be omitted
                     22: to leave the owner or groupid unchanged.
                     23: .PP
                     24: .I Owner
                     25: may be either a decimal userid or
                     26: a login name found in
                     27: .FR /etc/passwd .
                     28: .I Group
                     29: may be either a decimal groupid or
                     30: a group name found in
                     31: .FR /etc/group .
                     32: .PP
                     33: The owner of a file
                     34: may change its group
                     35: to that of the current process.
                     36: Other changes are restricted to the super-user.
                     37: .SH FILES
                     38: .F /etc/passwd
                     39: .br
                     40: .F /etc/group
                     41: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     42: .I chown
                     43: in
                     44: .IR chmod (2),
                     45: .IR passwd (5), 
                     46: .IR chmod (1),
                     47: .IR chdate (1)

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