150 lines
4.3 KiB
Groff
150 lines
4.3 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)chown.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
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.\"
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.Dd March 31, 1994
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.Dt CHOWN 8
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.Os BSD 4
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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 chown
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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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.Op Fl f
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.Ar owner Op Ar :group
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.Ar file ...
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.Nm chown
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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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.Op Fl f
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.Ar :group
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.Ar file ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Chown
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sets the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.
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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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.It Fl R
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Change the user ID and/or the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
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in the files instead of just the files themselves.
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.It Fl f
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Don't 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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.El
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.Pp
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Symbolic links don't have owners, so unless the
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.Fl H
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or
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.Fl L
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option is set,
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.Nm chown
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on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.
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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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.Pp
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The
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.Nm chown
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utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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Previous versions of the
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.Nm chown
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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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Previous versions of the
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.Nm chown
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utility changed the owner of symbolic links specified on the command
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line.
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In this system, symbolic links do not have owners.
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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 chown
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command is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compliant.
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