chown

NAME

chown – change file owner and group

SYNOPSIS

chown [-fhv] [-R [-H

-L

-P]] owner[:group] file …

chown [-fhv] [-R [-H

-L

-P]] :group file …

DESCRIPTION

The chown utility changes the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files. Symbolic links named by arguments are silently left unchanged unless -h is used.

OPTIONS

The options are as follows:

• -R
  • Change the user ID and/or the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted in the files instead of just the files themselves.

EXAMPLES

• To change the ownership recursively.

chown -R username:username /home/looker/.ssh/id_rsa.pub && chmod 644 /home/looker/.ssh/id_rsa.pub