chown(1M)

NAME

     chown - change owner

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/ucb/chown [-f] [-R] owner [group] filename...

DESCRIPTION

     chown changes the owner of the filenames to owner. The owner
     may  be either a decimal user ID (UID) or a login name found
     in the password file. An optional group may also  be  speci-
     fied.  The group may be either a decimal group ID (GID) or a
     group name found in the GID file.

     Only the super-user of the machine where the file is  physi-
     cally  located  can  change  owner,  in  order  to  simplify
     accounting procedures.

OPTIONS

     -f    Do not report errors.

     -R    Recursively descend into directories setting the  own-
           ership  of  all  files  in each directory encountered.
           When symbolic links are encountered,  their  ownership
           is changed, but they are not traversed.

FILES

     /etc/passwd
           password file

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     chgrp(1), chown(2), group(4), passwd(4), attributes(5)