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NAME
     chown - change owner and group of a file

SYNOPSIS
     (chmod = 16.)
     sys chown; name; owner

     chown(name, owner)
     char *name;

DESCRIPTION
     The file whose name is given by the null-terminated string
     pointed to by name has its owner and group changed to the
     low and high bytes of owner respectively.  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 (VIII), chgrp (VIII), passwd (V)

DIAGNOSTICS
     The error bit (c-bit) is set on illegal owner changes.  From
     C a -1 returned value indicates error, 0 indicates success.

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