CentOS Change File Owner
Welcome, CentOS User! This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on How to Change File/Directory Owner on CentOS GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.
And the CentOS Change File Owner instruction is to Set a different Owner for Files and Directories on the CentOS 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 CentOS Shell Command Line.
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CentOS Terminal Tutorial for Beginners
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Who Can Set/Change the Ownership?.
Only the Administrators or a Super-User Can Change a File/Directory Ownership!
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How to Set/Change the Ownership?.
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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.
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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
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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…
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How to Change Permissions on CentOS File System