Commonly used · Permissions and links

chown:Modify owner

Syntax

chown [-R] users[:group] path…

Options

-R

Recursive modification

Examples

sudo chown root /etc/app.conf

Usage and sandbox support

Teaching environments record the owner string, real systems usually require administrator privileges.

Hands-on exercises

• Leave it to the administratorEveryday
• Unified directory ownerAdvanced

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