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chown



chown

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options

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newowner

 

files

Change the ownership of one or more files to newowner . (Note: The BSD version lets you change the group as well.) newowner is either a user ID number or a login name located in /etc/passwd .

Options

-h

Change the owner on symbolic links. Normally, chown acts on the file referenced by a symbolic link, not on the link itself.

-R

Recursively descend through the directory, including subdirectories and symbolic links, resetting the ownership ID.


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