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Command: chown | Section: 2 | Source: UNIX v7 | File: chown.2
CHOWN(2) System Calls Manual CHOWN(2)
NAME
chown - change owner and group of a file
SYNOPSIS
chown(name, owner, group)
char *name;
DESCRIPTION
The file whose name is given by the null-terminated string pointed to
by name has its owner and group changed as specified. Only the super-
user may execute this call, because if users were able to give files
away, they could defeat the (nonexistent) file-space accounting proce-
dures.
SEE ALSO
chown(1), passwd(5)
DIAGNOSTICS
Zero is returned if the owner is changed; -1 is returned on illegal
owner changes.
ASSEMBLER
(chown = 16.)
sys chown; name; owner; group
CHOWN(2)