SysIII/usr/src/man/man1/chown.1
.TH CHOWN 1
.SH NAME
chown, chgrp \- change owner or group
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chown
owner file ...
.PP
.B chgrp
group file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Chown\^
changes the owner of the
.I files\^
to
.IR owner .
The owner may be either a decimal user \s-1ID\s+1 or
a login name found in the password file.
.PP
.I Chgrp\^
changes the group
.SM ID
of the
.I files\^
to
.IR group .
The group may be either a decimal group \s-1ID\s+1 or
a group name found in the group
file.
.SH FILES
/etc/passwd
.br
/etc/group
.SH "SEE ALSO"
chown(2),
group(5), passwd(5).