chown(1)
chown --
change file owner
Synopsis
/u95/bin/chown [-h] [-R] owner[:group]file ...
Description
chown changes the owner of the
files to owner.
The value of owner may be either a decimal user ID
or a login name found in the /etc/passwd file.
Login names in /etc/passwd
must begin with a non-numeric character;
an alphabetic character or any special character
except colon is acceptable.
chown will optionally also change the group ID of the files to group.
The value of group may be either a decimal group ID or a group name
found in the group ID file /etc/group.
If chown
is invoked by someone other than a privileged user,
the set-user-ID
and set-group ID
bit of the file mode, 04000, is cleared.
Only the owner of a file (or a privileged user) may change the
owner or group of that file.
Valid options to chown are:
-R-
Recursive.
chown descends through the directory, and any subdirectories,
setting the ownership (and group) ID as it proceeds.
When symbolic links are encountered,
they are traversed.
-h-
If the file is a symbolic link, change the owner (and group)
of the symbolic link.
Without this option, the owner (and group) of the file referenced
by the symbolic link is changed.
(See ``Notices'' below.)
The operating system has a configuration option
{_POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED}, to restrict ownership changes.
When this option is in effect the owner of the file is
prevented from changing the owner ID of the
file, and may change the group of the file to a group to which the owner belongs.
Only a privileged user can
arbitrarily change owner (and group) IDs whether this option is in effect or not.
When this option is in effect, only a privileged user can arbitrarily
change group IDs.
Files
/etc/passwd-
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi-
language-specific message file
(see LANG on
environ(5)).
References
chgrp(1),
chmod(1),
chown(2),
passwd(4)
Notices
chown(1)
does not check the user ID if it is in decimal form; to check a
user ID in this form, you can use
chown(2).
Note that, with appropriate permissions, the owner of setuid files
might inadvertantly be changed.
This command has been updated to handle files greater than 2GB.
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SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 - 02 June 2005