How to set file ownership with chown command in fedora linux

Setting File Ownership with chown


You need to change ownership on a file or directory. Perhaps you've copied something to someone else's directory but she still can't edit it, because it's owned by you. Many Linux problems result from incorrect ownership or permission. You're seeing messages like "Permission denied" or "File is read-only" when it shouldn't be.




Use chown (change owner) to change the file owner, the file and group owner, or the group owner:


# chown user filename


# chown user:group filename


# chown :group filename




For example:


$ chown -v carlas:share index.txt


changed ownership of `index.txt' to carlas:share


$ chown -v :share toc.txt


changed ownership of `toc.txt' to :share