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CHOWN(2)                      System Calls Manual                     CHOWN(2)



NAME
       chown, fchown - change owner and group of a file

SYNOPSIS
       chown(name, owner, group)
       char *name;

       fchown(fd, owner, group)

DESCRIPTION
       Chown  changes  the  owner and group of the file specified by the null-
       terminated string name.  Fchown changes the owner and group of an  open
       file  specified  by  file  descriptor.  Only the super-user may execute
       these calls.

SEE ALSO
       chown(1), chmod(2), passwd(5)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Zero is returned if the owner is changed; -1  is  returned  on  illegal
       owner changes.



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