chown Linux Commands

What is Linux chown Command?

Explanation

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 :

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.