11/3/71                                                 CHOWN (I)





NAME            chown -- change owner



SYNOPSIS        chown owner file  ...
                                1


DESCRIPTION     owner becomes the new owner of the files.  The

                owner may be either a decimal UID or a name found

                in /etc/uids.



                Only the owner of a file is allowed to change the

                owner.  It is illegal to change the owner of a

                file with the set-user-ID mode.



FILES           /etc/uids



SEE ALSO        stat



DIAGNOSTICS     ?



BUGS            --



OWNER           ken, dmr