tldr/common/chown.md

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chown

Change the owning user/group of the specified files

  • change the user of a file

chown {{user}} {{path/to/file}}

  • change the user and group of a file

chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file}}

  • recursively change the owner of an entire folder

chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/folder}}

  • change the owner of a symbolic link

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