CHOWN(2) CHOWN(2)
NAME
chown, fchown - change owner and group of a file
SYNOPSIS
chown(name, owner, group)
char *name;
fchown(fd, owner, group)
DESCRIPTION
Chown changes the owner and group of the file specified by
the null-terminated string name. Fchown changes the owner
and group of an open file specified by file descriptor.
Only the super-user may execute these calls.
SEE ALSO
chown(1), chmod(2), passwd(5)
DIAGNOSTICS
Zero is returned if the owner is changed; -1 is returned on
illegal owner changes.