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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