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## Name
chown - change file owner / group
## Synopsis
```**sh
$ chown <user[:group]> <path...>
```
## Description
`chown` changes the owner of specified files to `user`, and owning group to `group`. If `group` is not specified, it is left unchanged.
**NOTE**: The caller must be a superuser to change user ownership. Other users can use `chown` to change the group to one of their other
group.
## Options
* `-h`, `--no-dereference`: Don't follow symlinks
* `-R`, `--recursive`: Change file ownership recursively
* `-L`: Follow symlinks while recursing into directories
## Examples
```sh
# Change 'file' owner and group to 'anon':
$ chown anon:anon file
# Change 'file' owner to 'root', leave group unchanged:
# chown root file
```
## See also
* [`chgrp`(1)](help://man/1/chgrp)
* [`chmod`(1)](help://man/1/chmod)