Chgrp

chgrp change group ownership. https://linux.die.net/man/1/chgrp

Basic Commands

• $ sudo addgroup my_group
• $ sudo chgrp my_new_ownership my_file/directory --> change ownership a file or directory
• $ sudo chgrp --dereference my_new_ownership file_link --> change reference of a symbolic link
• $ sudo chgrp --no-dereference my_new_ownership file_link --> modify symbolic link itself

Related terms

• coreutils
• /etc/group
• grpck verify integrity of group files
• groupadd
• GID

See also

• sudo, id, visudo, useradd, userdel, usermod, groups, passwd, chown, chmod, chgrp, groupadd, groupdel, Passwordless sudo, passwd (package), sudo --help
• ls, find, tree, mc, attr, xattr, chmod, rclone lsd, lsdir, ls -1