tldr/pages/common/chown.md

# chown

> Change user and group ownership of files and directories.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown>.

- Change the owner user of a file/directory:

`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Change the owner user and group of a file/directory:

`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Change the owner user and group to both have the name `user`:

`chown {{user}}: {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents:

`chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- Change the owner of a symbolic link:

`chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}`

- Change the owner of a file/directory to match a reference file:

`chown --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00			`# chown`

Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`> Change user and group ownership of files and directories.`
coreutils*: use short more info links (#5658) 2021-04-01 16:54:26 +01:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown>.`
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`- Change the owner user of a file/directory:`
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`- Change the owner user and group of a file/directory:`
Fix lint for common 2015-10-22 08:31:52 +01:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00
chown: edit page (#12370) 2024-02-27 14:12:54 +00:00			- Change the owner user and group to both have the name `user`:

			`chown {{user}}: {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`- Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents:`
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/directory}}`
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Change the owner of a symbolic link:`
Fix lint for common 2015-10-22 08:31:52 +01:00
new page for chown, fixes #10 2013-12-25 12:59:24 +00:00			`chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}`
chown: use the owner and group of a reference file and apply those values to another file Example: chown --reference=foobar.txt *.txt 2014-08-18 11:45:43 +01:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`- Change the owner of a file/directory to match a reference file:`
chown: use the owner and group of a reference file and apply those values to another file Example: chown --reference=foobar.txt *.txt 2014-08-18 11:45:43 +01:00
Refactor: add missing `or_directory` where needed. This commit adds the missing `_or_directory` to any example which is specifying an action affecting a file or a directory, but uses the token `{{path/to/file}}` instead of `{{path/to/file_or_directory}}`. 2019-02-08 00:31:19 +00:00			`chown --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`