NAME
chown - change owner
SYNOPSIS
chown [-R] owner[:group] file ...
OPTIONS
-R Change directory hierarchies
EXAMPLES
chown ast file1 file2
# Make ast the owner of the files
chown -R ast:other dir
# Change the owner and group of all
files in dir
DESCRIPTION
The owner field (and optionally group field) of the named
files is changed to owner (i.e., login name specified) and
group . Alternatively, a decimal uid(gid) may be specified
instead of a user name. Only the superuser may execute this
command.
SEE ALSO
chgrp(1), chmod(1), ls(1), chown(2).