https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/chown/m-p/5076026#M92275 1st place to look is the manpage for chown!! It would have saved you the time !<BR /><BR />chown oracle:dba /opt/oracle Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:06:41 GMT Pupil_1 2007-10-24T15:06:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/chown/m-p/5076025#M92274 Hello,<BR />i create a filesystem called /opt/oracle -- it is owned by root -- how do i change the ownership to oracle:dba<BR /><BR />thanks in advance Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:03:39 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/chown/m-p/5076025#M92274 Wamaitha 2007-10-24T15:03:39Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/chown/m-p/5076026#M92275 1st place to look is the manpage for chown!! It would have saved you the time !<BR /><BR />chown oracle:dba /opt/oracle Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:06:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/chown/m-p/5076026#M92275 Pupil_1 2007-10-24T15:06:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/chown/m-p/5076027#M92276 thanks -- it has been 1 of them days where things are just not working -- thanks all the same Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:20:06 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/chown/m-p/5076027#M92276 Wamaitha 2007-10-24T15:20:06Z