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authorJacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com>2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400
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+.TH CHOWN 8
+.CT 1 sa_nonmortals secur
+.SH NAME
+chown \- change owner or group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B /etc/chown
+.IB owner , group
+.I file ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Chown
+changes the owner of the
+.I files
+to
+.I owner
+and the groupid to
+.IR group .
+Either
+.I owner
+or
+.I group
+may be omitted
+to leave the owner or groupid unchanged.
+.PP
+.I Owner
+may be either a decimal userid or
+a login name found in
+.FR /etc/passwd .
+.I Group
+may be either a decimal groupid or
+a group name found in
+.FR /etc/group .
+.PP
+The owner of a file
+may change its group
+to that of the current process.
+Other changes are restricted to the super-user.
+.SH FILES
+.F /etc/passwd
+.br
+.F /etc/group
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.I chown
+in
+.IR chmod (2),
+.IR passwd (5),
+.IR chmod (1),
+.IR chdate (1)