.th CHOWN VIII 2/8/75 .sh NAME chown \*- change owner .sh SYNOPSIS .bd chown owner file ... .sh DESCRIPTION The user-ID of the files is changed to .it owner. The owner may be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file. .s3 Only the super-user is allowed to change the owner of a file, in order to simplify as yet unimplemented accounting procedures. .sh FILES /etc/passwd .sh "SEE ALSO" chgrp (VIII) .sh BUGS