(
CHange
OWNership) A Unix command that allows the root user to change the owner and group assigned to files, directories and links. The following example changes ownership of
fileABC and
dirXYZ to
mary.
chown mary fileABC dirXYZ
Chown can also function like the chgrp command and change the group and owner at the same time. The following example changes owner to
mary and the group to
mygroup. See
ls,
chgrp and
chmod.
chown mary:mygroup fileABC dirXYZ