Quote of the Day [11.24.08]

broderic on November 24, 2008

“The chown command changes the owner of the file specified by the File
parameter to the user specified by the Owner parameter. The value
of the Owner parameter can be a user ID or a login name found in the
/etc/passwd file. Optionally, a group can also be specified. The value
of the Group parameter can be a group ID or a group name found in
the /etc/group file.

Only the root user can change the owner of a file. You can change
the group of a file only if you are a root user or if you own the
file. If you own the file but are not a root user, you can change
the group only to a group of which you are a member.”

man page for ‘chown” command

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3 Replies to “Quote of the Day [11.24.08]”

  1. One Little Seedling November 25, 2008 at 01:23 AM

    “command+i”?

    or right click selected file?

    then proceed to change permissions.

  2. broderic November 25, 2008 at 03:05 AM

    chown == change owner. Makes files not yours. Or someone else’s yours. CMD-i only allows permission changes if you got enough admin privileges.

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