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9.5.1 ProblemYou 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. 9.5.2 SolutionUse 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 9.5.3 DiscussionOrdinary users can only make changes to files that they own, and they cannot transfer file ownership to another user. However, ordinary users can change group file ownership, provided that they belong to both the original group and the final group. 9.5.4 See Also
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