chown COMMAND:
chown command is used to change the owner / user of the file or directory. This is an admin command, root user only can change the owner of a file or directory.
SYNTAX:
The Syntax is
chown [options] newowner filename/directoryname
OPTIONS:
-R
Change the permission on files that are in the subdirectories of the directory that you are currently in.
-c
Change the permission for each file.
-f
Prevents chown from displaying error messages when it is unable to change the ownership of a file.
EXAMPLE:
chown hiox test.txt
The owner of the 'test.txt' file is root, Change to new user hiox.
chown -R hiox test
The owner of the 'test' directory is root, With -R option the files and subdirectories user also gets changed.
chown -c hiox calc.txt
Here change the owner for the specific 'calc.txt' file only.
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