Changing file ownership with chown

Question

I'm currently logged in as root, and I want to switch ownership of files to the xyz user. How can I do that using chown?

moul · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-19T12:24:02.703

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chown xyz file1 file2 file3 for single files and directories

chown -R xyz dir1 for recursive directories

edited Mar 19 '12 at 12:24

answered Mar 19 '12 at 00:10

moul

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I would politely add to this: man chown. Especially for such simple and basic Unix commands. That said, if the proper usage of chown is unknown to you and you have root access, I would seriously consider reading a more thorough beginner's guide to Unix before you accidentally make a mistake you could regret! – Yanick Girouard Mar 19 '12 at 00:33

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