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site chown

Description

Change the file owner on one or more files and/or folders.

Syntax

site chown <user> <file1> [<file2> ...]

Detailed information on the options/arguments: <name>, <file>

Limitations

  • Changing the group owner on a directory will not change the owner of any files or subdirectories within the folder being changed.
  • You must have correct permissions over the target file(s)/folder(s) in order to change the file owner.

Examples

site chown bob canyon.png mountain.jpg river.avi

Changes the file owner on the files canyon.png, mountain.jpg and river.avi to the user called bob. 

site chown sarah2 temp

Changes the file owner on the temp folder to the sarah2 user.