CHOWN(1)

NAME
chown, chgrp - change owner or group

SYNOPSIS
chown owner file ...

chgrp group file ...

DESCRIPTION
Chown changes the owner of the files to owner. The owner may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file.

Chgrp changes the group-ID of the files to group. The group may be either a decimal GID or a group name found in the group-ID file.

Only the super-user can change owner or group, in order to simplify as yet unimplemented accounting procedures.

FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group

SEE ALSO
chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)