64 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
64 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
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.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)chown.8 1.1 92/07/30 SMI; from UCB 6.2 5/22/86
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.TH CHOWN 8 "9 September 1987"
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.SH NAME
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chown \- change owner
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /usr/etc/chown
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[
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.B \-fHR
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]
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.IR owner [. group ] " filename " .\|.\|.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IX "chown command" "" "\fLchown\fP \(em change owner of file"
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.IX file "change ownership" file "change ownership \(em \fLchown\fP"
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.IX "owner of file, change \(em \fLchown\fP"
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.IX change "owner of file \(em \fLchown\fR"
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.IX "user ID" "\fLchown\fR \(em change user ID of file"
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.LP
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.B chown
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changes the owner of the
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.IR filename s
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to
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.IR owner .
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The owner may be either a decimal user
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.SM ID
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(\s-1UID\s0)
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or
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a login name found in the password file.
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An optional
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.I group
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may also be specified.
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The group may be either a decimal group
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.SM ID
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(\s-1GID\s0)
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or a group name found in the \s-1GID\s0 file.
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.LP
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Only the super-user can change owner,
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in order to simplify accounting procedures.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-f
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Do not report errors.
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.TP
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.B \-R
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Recursively descend into directories
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setting the ownership of all files in
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each directory encountered.
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When symbolic links are encountered, their ownership is changed,
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but they are not traversed.
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.SH FILES
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.PD 0
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.TP 20
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.B /etc/passwd
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password file
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.PD
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR chgrp (1),
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.BR chown (2V),
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.BR group (5),
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.BR passwd (5)
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