.TH CHOWN 1 .SH NAMEchown, chgrp \- change owner or group.SH SYNOPSIS.B chownowner file ....PP.B chgrpgroup file ....SH DESCRIPTION.I Chownchanges the owner of the.I filesto.IR owner .The owner may be either a decimal UID ora login name found in the password file..PP.I Chgrpchanges the group-ID of the.I filesto.IR group .The group may be either a decimal GID ora group name found in the group-ID file..PPOnly the super-user can change owner or group,in order to simplify as yet unimplemented accounting procedures..SH FILES/etc/passwd.br/etc/group.SH "SEE ALSO"chown(2),passwd(5), group(5)