Quote of the Day [11.24.08]

“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

Posted by broderic

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

  1. “command+i”?

    or right click selected file?

    then proceed to change permissions.

  2. 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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