.TH CHOWN 1 sbase\-VERSION .SH NAME chown \- change file ownership .SH SYNOPSIS .B chown .RB [ \-r ] .RI [ owner ][: group ] .RI [ file ...] .SH DESCRIPTION .B chown changes the user or group ownership for the given files. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-r change directory ownership recursively. .SH SEE ALSO .IR chown (2)