Linux chown Command Detailed

Chown the owner of the specified file to the specified user or group, the user can be either a user name or a user ID; a group can be a group name or a group ID; a file is a space-separated list of files to change permissions, and wildcard characters are supported.

Chown Common Command Parameters

Usage:chown [OPTION] ... [OWNER] [: [GROUP]] File ... or:chown [OPTION] ...--reference=rfile file ...  Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to owner and/or group. -C,--changes like verbose if only if a change is made--dereference affect the referent of E Ach symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself-h,--no-dereferenc e affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file (useful-on systems that can Chan GE the ownership of a symlink)--from=current_owner:current_group cha Nge the owner and/or group of each file only if it current owner and/or group match those specifi  Ed here.      Either May was omitted, in which case a match was not required for the omitted attribute. --no-preserve-root do not treat '/' specially (the default)--presErve-root fail to operate recursively on '/'-F,--silent,--quiet suppress most error messages--reference=rfil E use Rfile ' s owner and group rather than specifying Owner:group values-r,--recursive o Perate on files and directories recursively-v,--verbose output a diagnostic for every file processedthe follow  ing options Modify how a hierarchy are traversed when the-roption is also specified.  If more than one are specified, only the finalone takes effect.  -H if a command line argument are a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it                     -l traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered-p Do not traverse any symbolic links (default)--help display this Help and exit--version output Versio  n Information and Exitexamples:chown root/u change the owner of/u to "root". Chown root:staff/u likewise, but also the change it group to the "staff". Chown-hr root/u Change the owner of of/u and subfiles to "root".

Common Command Display

Change file owners and groups

Chown Omc:h.txt "Default is the genus group for the current user"

Chown omc:users H.txt

Linux chown Command Detailed