Chown

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Lowercase title Template:Infobox software Template:Code 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>Template:Cite web</ref> The command was ported to IBM i.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

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External links

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