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| 33.\" $Id: chown.8,v 1.4 1997/02/22 16:04:35 peter Exp $ | 33.\" $Id: chown.8,v 1.5 1997/03/31 13:03:47 peter Exp $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd March 31, 1994 36.Dt CHOWN 8 37.Os BSD 4 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm chown 40.Nd change file owner and group 41.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 51.Nm chown 52.Oo 53.Fl R 54.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P 55.Oc 56.Op Fl f 57.Op Fl h 58.Ar :group | 34.\" 35.Dd March 31, 1994 36.Dt CHOWN 8 37.Os BSD 4 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm chown 40.Nd change file owner and group 41.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 51.Nm chown 52.Oo 53.Fl R 54.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P 55.Oc 56.Op Fl f 57.Op Fl h 58.Ar :group |
| 59.Ar file ... | 59.Ar |
| 60.Sh DESCRIPTION 61.Nm Chown 62sets the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files. 63.Pp 64The options are as follows: 65.Bl -tag -width Ds 66.It Fl H 67If the 68.Fl R 69option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. | 60.Sh DESCRIPTION 61.Nm Chown 62sets the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files. 63.Pp 64The options are as follows: 65.Bl -tag -width Ds 66.It Fl H 67If the 68.Fl R 69option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. |
| 70(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.) | 70(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed). |
| 71.It Fl L 72If the 73.Fl R 74option is specified, all symbolic links are followed. 75.It Fl P 76If the 77.Fl R 78option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. --- 38 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 117may be either a numeric group ID or a group name. 118If a group name is also a numeric group ID, the operand is used as a 119group name. 120.Pp 121The ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user for 122obvious security reasons. 123.Pp 124The | 71.It Fl L 72If the 73.Fl R 74option is specified, all symbolic links are followed. 75.It Fl P 76If the 77.Fl R 78option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. --- 38 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 117may be either a numeric group ID or a group name. 118If a group name is also a numeric group ID, the operand is used as a 119group name. 120.Pp 121The ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user for 122obvious security reasons. 123.Pp 124The |
| 125.Nm chown | 125.Nm |
| 126utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 127.Sh COMPATIBILITY 128Previous versions of the | 126utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 127.Sh COMPATIBILITY 128Previous versions of the |
| 129.Nm chown | 129.Nm |
| 130utility used the dot (``.'') character to distinguish the group name. 131This has been changed to be a colon (``:'') character so that user and 132group names may contain the dot character. 133.Pp 134On previous versions of this system, symbolic links did not have 135owners. 136.Sh SEE ALSO 137.Xr chgrp 1 , 138.Xr find 1 , 139.Xr chown 2 , 140.Xr fts 3 , 141.Xr symlink 7 142.Sh STANDARDS 143The | 130utility used the dot (``.'') character to distinguish the group name. 131This has been changed to be a colon (``:'') character so that user and 132group names may contain the dot character. 133.Pp 134On previous versions of this system, symbolic links did not have 135owners. 136.Sh SEE ALSO 137.Xr chgrp 1 , 138.Xr find 1 , 139.Xr chown 2 , 140.Xr fts 3 , 141.Xr symlink 7 142.Sh STANDARDS 143The |
| 144.Nm chown 145command is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compliant. | 144.Nm 145command is expected to be 146.St -p1003.2 147compliant. |
| 146.Sh HISTORY 147A 148.Nm 149command appeared in 150.At v1 . | 148.Sh HISTORY 149A 150.Nm 151command appeared in 152.At v1 . |