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     CHOWN(2)                                                 CHOWN(2)

     NAME
          chown - change owner and group of a file

     SYNOPSIS
          chown(name, owner, group)
          char *name;

     DESCRIPTION
          The file whose name is given by the null-terminated string
          pointed to by name has its owner and group changed as speci-
          fied.  Only the super-user may execute this call, because if
          users were able to give files away, they could defeat the
          (nonexistent) file-space accounting procedures.

     SEE ALSO
          chown(1), passwd(5)

     DIAGNOSTICS
          Zero is returned if the owner is changed; -1 is returned on
          illegal owner changes.

     ASSEMBLER
          (chown = 16.)
          sys chown; name; owner; group