How to Change File Owner in Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety

Change File Owner in Ubuntu 16.10

Hi! This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on How to Change File/Directory Owner on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.

And the Ubuntu 16.10 Change File Owner instruction is to Set a different Owner for Files and Directories on the Ubuntu Linux File System.

Moreover, Mastering the Ownerships Over Files and Directories is the First, Step in Setting Up Permissions and so Establishing a Security over the System.

Finally, Following the Tutorial you will Get a Little Practice with the Ubuntu Linux Shell Command Line.

1. Open a Shell session
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

Command Line Tutorial for Beginners Ubuntu 16.10

Console Quick Start Guide
Getting-Started with Terminal on Ubuntu

2. Who Can Set/Change the Ownership?.

   Only the Administrators or a Super-User Can Change a File/Directory Ownership!

3. How to Set/Change the Ownership?.

   • To Set/Change Ownership Over a Single File/Directory:

     sudo su -c "chown [myUser]:[myGroup] [myEntity]"

     Where [myUser] is your’s user Name & [myGroup] is your’s user Primary Group.

     How to Look Up Username & Group on Terminal

     Find Username & Group

     Shell Find Username+Group

     For Instance:

     mkdir -p $HOME/hello/world

     Now to Give the ‘world’ Directory to the ‘root’ User do:

     sudo su -c "chown root:root $HOME/hello/world"

     Checking Ownership:

     ls -l $HOME/hello

   • To Set/Change Permissions Recursively Over a Directory and it’s Content (Subdirectories and Files):

     sudo su -c "chown -R [myUser]:[myGroup] [myEntity]"

     For Instance:

     sudo su -c "touch $HOME/hello/world/happy"

     Checking Ownership:

     ls -l $HOME/hello && ls -l $HOME/hello/world

     Now to Get Back the ‘world’ Directory with the ‘happy’ File:)

     sudo su -c "chown -R [myUser]:[myGroup] $HOME/hello/world"

     Check again Ownership like Above…

4. How to Set Permissions on Ubuntu File System

   Ubuntu Permissions Quick Start

   Setting Up Permissions on Ubuntu

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