chgrp.1 (bfd34a4a6037d50f81f6ccc655d65b3f10840cd7) chgrp.1 (2e08522b020e16b9e2ce58588b229f5e03e23abc)
1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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42.Nd change group
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm chgrp
45.Oo
46.Fl R
47.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
48.Oc
49.Op Fl f
1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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42.Nd change group
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm chgrp
45.Oo
46.Fl R
47.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
48.Oc
49.Op Fl f
50.Op Fl h
50.Ar group
51.Ar files ...
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The chgrp utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
54.Ar file
55operand to the
56.Ar group
57ID specified by the group operand.

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72.Fl R
73option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
74.It Fl R
75Change the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
76in the files instead of just the files themselves.
77.It Fl f
78The force option ignores errors, except for usage errors and doesn't
79query about strange modes (unless the user does not have proper permissions).
51.Ar group
52.Ar files ...
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The chgrp utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
55.Ar file
56operand to the
57.Ar group
58ID specified by the group operand.

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73.Fl R
74option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
75.It Fl R
76Change the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
77in the files instead of just the files themselves.
78.It Fl f
79The force option ignores errors, except for usage errors and doesn't
80query about strange modes (unless the user does not have proper permissions).
81.It Fl h
82If the file is a symbolic link, the group ID of the link itself is changed
83rather than the file that is pointed to.
80.El
81.Pp
84.El
85.Pp
82Symbolic links don't have groups, so unless the
83.Fl H
84or
85.Fl L
86option is set,
87.Nm chgrp
88on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.
89The
90.Fl H ,
91.Fl L
92and
93.Fl P
94options are ignored unless the
95.Fl R
96option is specified.

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108.Nm chgrp
109must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file,
110or be the super-user.
111.Pp
112The
113.Nm chgrp
114utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
115.Sh COMPATIBILITY
86The
87.Fl H ,
88.Fl L
89and
90.Fl P
91options are ignored unless the
92.Fl R
93option is specified.

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105.Nm chgrp
106must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file,
107or be the super-user.
108.Pp
109The
110.Nm chgrp
111utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
112.Sh COMPATIBILITY
116Previous versions of the
117.Nm chgrp
118utility changed the group of symbolic links specified on the command
119line.
120In this system, symbolic links do not have groups.
113In previous versions of this system, symbolic links did not have groups.
121.Sh FILES
122.Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
123.It Pa /etc/group
124Group ID file
125.El
126.Sh SEE ALSO
127.Xr chown 2 ,
128.Xr fts 3 ,
129.Xr group 5 ,
130.Xr passwd 5 ,
131.Xr symlink 7 ,
132.Xr chown 8
133.Sh STANDARDS
134The
135.Nm chgrp
136utility is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
114.Sh FILES
115.Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
116.It Pa /etc/group
117Group ID file
118.El
119.Sh SEE ALSO
120.Xr chown 2 ,
121.Xr fts 3 ,
122.Xr group 5 ,
123.Xr passwd 5 ,
124.Xr symlink 7 ,
125.Xr chown 8
126.Sh STANDARDS
127The
128.Nm chgrp
129utility is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.