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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