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The CHOWN command (abbreviation for change ownership) is used to change file and directory ownerships on UNIX based operating environments. The user ID and group ID of a file and directory may be changed using the CHOWN command. Two optional parameters may be parsed when configuring file and directory ownerships:
- User ID
- Group ID
As with CHMOD, using the option -R (recursive) when changing the user ID and group ID of a directory, will update the ownerships of all files in the file hierarchy below the directory.
The following table shows the correct syntax and results of three popular CHOWN commands:
Syntax: chown ftplogin.users filename
Output: -rw-r—r—ftplogin users filename
Syntax: chown ftplogin.ftplogin directory
Output: drw-r—r—ftplogin ftplogin directory
Syntax: chown ftplogin.nobody directory -R
Output: drw-r—r—ftplogin nobody directory
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