To change the owner of a file, we can use the Linux chown command.

Syntax for the chown command is chown <new_owner> <file_name>

[root@RHEL2 chowntest]# ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul  6 06:31 chowntest
[root@RHEL2 chowntest]# chown christy chowntest
[root@RHEL2 chowntest]# ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 christy root 0 Jul  6 06:31 chowntest
[root@RHEL2 chowntest]#

 

Related Topics...

• The Linux File Permissions

• How to use chmod command to change Linux file permissions

• How to use chgrp command to change Linux group ownership of a file

• Linux setuid and setgid

• What is Linux umask?

 

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