issue with chown

[booker]

i have a issue with chown

first i dont have cpanel or any control panel i run without control panel

my issue is i when i try

chown mom.cgi *
chown: invalid user: `mom.cgi'

any one know how i can add user root to mom.cgi

 

[Moggy]

chown root:root mom.cgi

 

[thanhlangso]

i have a issue with chown

first i dont have cpanel or any control panel i run without control panel

my issue is i when i try

chown mom.cgi *
chown: invalid user: `mom.cgi'

any one know how i can add user root to mom.cgi

you can try with this command:
# chown -R root:root mom.cgi*
or
$ sudo chown -R root:root mom.cgi*

 

[feronso]

You were right given the CHOWN command but always mention the parameter.

CHOWN = File/Folder Ownership
-R = Recursively
root:root = User:Group

Basically depend on you what you want to allow to users.

 

[Moggy]

-R mean recursive and means it will try to change the owner/group of all files in a directory and sub directories
-W doesn't exist only other option would be -v what means verbose and this will give feed back on all chown does.