.TH CHOWN 8 "18 July 1983" .UC 4 .SH NAME chown \- change owner .SH SYNOPSIS .B /etc/chown [ .B \-f ] owner file ... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Chown changes the owner of the .I files to .IR owner . The owner may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file. .PP Only the super-user can change owner, in order to simplify accounting procedures. No errors are reported when the .B \-f (force) option is given. .SH FILES /etc/passwd .SH "SEE ALSO" chgrp(1), chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)