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ChownThe chown command is used on Unix-like systems to change the owner of a file. In most implementations, it can only be executed by the Superuser. Unprivileged (regular) users who wish to change the group of a file that they own may use chgrp. Usage The general syntax for the chown command is: chown user:group target1 .. - The optional user parameter indicates the new user who should take ownership of the targets.
- The optional group parameter (which must be prefixed with a colon, :) indicates the group with which the targets should be associated.
- The target parameters indicate the files or directories for which the user and/or group will be changed.
Footnotes - One of either user or group must be specified. The chown command will not execute properly without at least one of those parameters.
- The user and group parameters can be either symbolic names or identifiers (i.e. a User ID or Group ID).
Usage examples # chown root /var/run/httpd.pid - Change the owner of /var/run/httpd.pid to 'root' (the standard name for the Superuser).
# chown nobody:nobody /tmp /var/tmp - Change the owner of /tmp and /var/tmp to 'nobody' (the standard name for Nobody).
- Changes the group associated with the same targets to 'nobody' (the standard group corresponding to Nobody).
# chown :512 /home - Change the group identifier of /home to 512 (regardless of whether a group name is associated with the identifier 512 or not).
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