.Dd March 9, 2015
.Dt CHOWN 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm chown
.Nd change file ownership
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl h
.Oo
.Fl R
.Op Fl H | L | P
.Oc
.Op Ar owner Op Ar :group
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
sets the user or group id of each
.Ar file
to the uid of
.Ar owner
or the gid of
.Ar group
respectively.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl h
Preserve
.Ar file
if it is a symbolic link.
.It Fl R
Change file ownerships recursively.
.It Fl H
Dereference
.Ar file
if it is a symbolic link.
.It Fl L
Dereference all symbolic links.
.It Fl P
Preserve symbolic links. This is the default.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chmod 1 ,
.Xr chown 2 ,
.Xr getgrnam 3 ,
.Xr getpwnam 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.