1# chown<a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001179965847"></a> 2 3- [Command Function](#section247414691513) 4- [Syntax](#section14773151018159) 5- [Parameters](#section598731391517) 6- [Usage](#section16524152071510) 7- [Example](#section17901152561510) 8- [Output](#section15513163115816) 9 10## Command Function<a name="section247414691513"></a> 11 12This command is used to change the owner and group of a specified file. 13 14## Syntax<a name="section14773151018159"></a> 15 16chown \[_owner_\] \[_group_\] \[_pathname_\] 17 18## Parameters<a name="section598731391517"></a> 19 20**Table 1** Parameter description 21 22<a name="table1049mcpsimp"></a> 23<table><thead align="left"><tr id="row1055mcpsimp"><th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" id="mcps1.2.4.1.1"><p id="p1057mcpsimp"><a name="p1057mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1057mcpsimp"></a><strong id="b130925344111510"><a name="b130925344111510"></a><a name="b130925344111510"></a>Parameter</strong></p> 24</th> 25<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" id="mcps1.2.4.1.2"><p id="p1059mcpsimp"><a name="p1059mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1059mcpsimp"></a><strong id="b1226032904716"><a name="b1226032904716"></a><a name="b1226032904716"></a>Description</strong></p> 26</th> 27<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" id="mcps1.2.4.1.3"><p id="p1061mcpsimp"><a name="p1061mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1061mcpsimp"></a><strong id="b34190246311510"><a name="b34190246311510"></a><a name="b34190246311510"></a>Value Range</strong></p> 28</th> 29</tr> 30</thead> 31<tbody><tr id="row1062mcpsimp"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.1 "><p id="p1064mcpsimp"><a name="p1064mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1064mcpsimp"></a>owner</p> 32</td> 33<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.2 "><p id="p13519122819294"><a name="p13519122819294"></a><a name="p13519122819294"></a>Specifies the file owner.</p> 34</td> 35<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.3 "><p id="p182181026104214"><a name="p182181026104214"></a><a name="p182181026104214"></a>[0, 0xFFFFFFFF]</p> 36</td> 37</tr> 38<tr id="row172161126124218"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.1 "><p id="p68901524203516"><a name="p68901524203516"></a><a name="p68901524203516"></a>group</p> 39</td> 40<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.2 "><p id="p1066mcpsimp"><a name="p1066mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1066mcpsimp"></a>Specifies the file group.</p> 41</td> 42<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.3 "><p id="p81831811183618"><a name="p81831811183618"></a><a name="p81831811183618"></a>Left blank</p> 43<p id="p1068mcpsimp"><a name="p1068mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1068mcpsimp"></a>[0, 0xFFFFFFFF]</p> 44</td> 45</tr> 46<tr id="row10616101153510"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.1 "><p id="p12217026154215"><a name="p12217026154215"></a><a name="p12217026154215"></a>pathname</p> 47</td> 48<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.2 "><p id="p4218826194210"><a name="p4218826194210"></a><a name="p4218826194210"></a>Specifies the file path.</p> 49</td> 50<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.3 "><p id="p13872195215290"><a name="p13872195215290"></a><a name="p13872195215290"></a>An existing file</p> 51</td> 52</tr> 53</tbody> 54</table> 55 56## Usage<a name="section16524152071510"></a> 57 58- By specifying the **owner** and **group** parameters in this command, you can change the owner and group of the file. 59- If **owner** or **group** is **-1**, the owner or group of the file will not be changed. 60- The **group** parameter can be left blank. 61 62## Example<a name="section17901152561510"></a> 63 64Run **chown 100 200 hello-harmony.txt**. 65 66## Output<a name="section15513163115816"></a> 67 68**Figure 1** Changing the owner and group of the hello-harmony.txt file to 100 and 200 respectively<a name="fig518593394920"></a> 69 70 71
