167 lines
4.5 KiB
Groff
167 lines
4.5 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)chown.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 25, 2003
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.Dt CHOWN 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm chown
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.Nd change file owner and group
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl fhv
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.Oo
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.Fl R
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.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
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.Oc
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.Ar owner Ns Op : Ns Ar group
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.Ar
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.Nm
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.Op Fl fhv
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.Oo
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.Fl R
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.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
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.Oc
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.No : Ns Ar group
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.Ar
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility changes the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.
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Symbolic links named by arguments are silently left unchanged unless
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.Fl h
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is used.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl H
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If the
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.Fl R
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option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
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(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
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.It Fl L
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If the
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.Fl R
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option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.
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.It Fl P
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If the
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.Fl R
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option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
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This is the default.
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.It Fl R
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Change the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified directory trees
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(recursively, including their contents) and files.
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Beware of unintentionally matching the
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.Dq Pa ".."
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hard link to the parent directory when using wildcards like
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.Dq Li ".*" .
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.It Fl f
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Do not report any failure to change file owner or group, nor modify
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the exit status to reflect such failures.
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.It Fl h
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If the file is a symbolic link, change the user ID and/or the
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group ID of the link itself.
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.It Fl v
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Cause
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.Nm
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to be verbose, showing files as the owner is modified.
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If the
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.Fl v
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flag is specified more than once,
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.Nm
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will print the filename, followed by the old and new numeric user/group ID.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl H ,
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.Fl L
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and
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.Fl P
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options are ignored unless the
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.Fl R
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option is specified.
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In addition, these options override each other and the
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command's actions are determined by the last one specified.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ar owner
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and
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.Ar group
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operands are both optional, however, one must be specified.
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If the
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.Ar group
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operand is specified, it must be preceded by a colon (``:'') character.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ar owner
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may be either a numeric user ID or a user name.
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If a user name is also a numeric user ID, the operand is used as a
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user name.
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The
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.Ar group
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may be either a numeric group ID or a group name.
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If a group name is also a numeric group ID, the operand is used as a
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group name.
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.Pp
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The ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user for
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obvious security reasons.
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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Previous versions of the
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.Nm
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utility used the dot (``.'') character to distinguish the group name.
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This has been changed to be a colon (``:'') character so that user and
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group names may contain the dot character.
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.Pp
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On previous versions of this system, symbolic links did not have
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owners.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl v
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option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chgrp 1 ,
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.Xr find 1 ,
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.Xr chown 2 ,
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.Xr fts 3 ,
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.Xr symlink 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is expected to be
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.St -p1003.2
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compliant.
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.At v1 .
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