NAME

chown - change owner and group of a file

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

The file whose name is given by the null-terminated string pointed to by name has its owner and group changed as specified. Only the super-user may execute this call, because if users were able to give files away, they could defeat the (nonexistent) file-space accounting procedures.

SEE ALSO

chown(1), passwd(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

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

ASSEMBLER

(chown = 16.)
sys chown; name; owner; group