Software:Chown
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| Original author(s) | Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie |
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| Developer(s) | AT&T Bell Laboratories |
| Initial release | November 3, 1971 |
| Operating system | Unix and Unix-like, IBM i |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
chown /ˈtʃoʊn/, short for change owner, is a shell command for changing the owning user of Unix-based file system files – including special files such as directories.
The ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user (such as via sudo). A regular user cannot give away their ownership of a file.[1]
The version of chown bundled in GNU coreutils was written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.[2]
The command is available for Windows via UnxUtils.[3] The command was ported to IBM i.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ BSD Man page for chown, March 31, 1994
- ↑ – Linux User's Manual – User Commands
- ↑ "Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities". https://unxutils.sourceforge.net/.
- ↑ IBM. "IBM System i Version 7.2 Programming Qshell" (in en). https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzahz/rzahzpdf.pdf?view=kc.
External links
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The Wikibook Guide to Unix has a page on the topic of: Commands |
- – Commands & Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Issue 7 from The Open Group
- chown manual page
- The chown Command by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
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