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to: Randall Parker
from: None
date: 2006-12-30 12:54:00
subject: Re: Change owner of a directory?

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Answer:

 > chown groupname:username dirname

Randall Parker wrote:
> I created a directory while logged on as root. I wanted it to be owned
> by my own account. How do I change this?
>
> I figure the command is not chmod. It is some other command?

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