changing ownership of file,

[arun khatwani]

hi,

I want to change the owner and group of file will this caommand works

chown (newownername):(newgrpname) filename

[Hemmetter]

Hi,

it is the correct command.
But for security reasons it is allowed only root to change ownership of files.

rgds
HGH

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom arun,

The user issuing the chown command must either own the file or be root.

SEP

[Hemmetter]

Hi,

i think everyone is not allowed to foist a file to someone else .... for sake of security.


rgds
HGH

[Dennis Handly]

Since it is likely you also submitted this to the wrong forum, I've asked the moderators to move it to HP-UX > Sys Admin:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/categoryhome.do?categoryId=156

Basically on HP-UX you can set it so SEP is correct. Or you can set it so HGH is correct.
See CHOWN in setprivgrp(1M).