chown flags & options

`-R`, `--recursive`

Operate on files and directories recursively.

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html

Output a diagnostic for every file processed.

chown -v alice:developers report.txt

Set ownership to match another file.

chown --reference=template.conf app.conf

Set owner and group at once using colon-separated syntax.

chown alice:staff project/

chown alice file.txt

chown :staff file.txt

Report only when a change is made.

chown -c -R deploy:deploy /opt/app

Affect symbolic links instead of referenced files.

chown -h alice:staff symlink.txt