Name
chown
Synopsis
chown [options]newowner[:newgroup]files
Changes the ownership of one or more files to newowner. newowner is either a UID number or a login name known to directory services. The optional newgroup is either a GID number or a group name known to directory services. When newgroup is supplied, the behavior is to change the ownership of one or more files to newowner and make it belong to newgroup.
Options
- -f
Force error messages to be suppressed.
- -h
Change the ownership of the link, rather than the referent.
- -H
If any of the pathnames given in the command line are symbolic links, follow only those links during recursive operation. Works only with the -R option.
- -L
Follow all symbolic links during recursive operation. Works only with the -R option.
- -P
Follow no symbolic links during recursive operation. Works only with the -R option (the default).
- -R
Recursively descend through the directory, including subdirectories, resetting the ownership ID.
- -v
Verbose output, showing files as they are changed. If -v appears more than once, the old and new permissions will be shown as well.
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