.TH CHOWN 8 .UC 4 .SH NAME chown, chgrp \- change owner or group .SH SYNOPSIS .B /etc/chown owner file ... .PP .B /etc/chgrp group 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 .I Chgrp changes the group-ID of the .I files to .IR group . The group may be either a decimal GID or a group name found in the group-ID file. .PP Only the super-user can change owner or group, in order to simplify as yet unimplemented accounting procedures. .SH FILES /etc/passwd .br /etc/group .SH "SEE ALSO" chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)