Chown

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Lowercase title {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | showblankpositional=1 | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox software with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | AsOf | author | background | bodystyle | caption | collapsetext | collapsible | developer | discontinued | engine | engines | genre | included with | language | language count | language footnote | latest preview date | latest preview version | latest release date | latest release version | latest_preview_date | latest_preview_version | latest_release_date | latest_release_version | licence | license | logo | logo alt | logo caption | logo upright | logo size | logo title | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_upright | logo_size | logo_title | middleware | module | name | operating system | operating_system | other_names | platform | programming language | programming_language | released | replaced_by | replaces | repo | screenshot | screenshot alt | screenshot upright | screenshot size | screenshot title | screenshot_alt | screenshot_upright | screenshot_size | screenshot_title | service_name | size | standard | title | ver layout | website | qid }}Template:Main other <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">chown</syntaxhighlight> Template:IPAc-en, short for change owner, is a shell command for changing the owning user of Unix-based file system files Template:Endash including special files such as directories.

The ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user (such as via sudo). A regular user cannot give away their ownership of a file.<ref>BSD Man page for chown, March 31, 1994</ref>

The version of chown bundled in GNU coreutils was written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.<ref>Template:Man</ref>

The command is available for Windows via UnxUtils.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The command was ported to IBM i.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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References

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chown#

External links

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• chown manual page
• The chown Command by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)