=head1 NAME pts_chown - Changes the owner of a Protection Database entry =head1 SYNOPSIS =for html
B S<<< B<-name> > >>> S<<< B<-owner> > >>> S<<< [B<-cell> >] >>> [B<-noauth>] [B<-localauth>] [B<-force>] [B<-help>] [B<-auth>] [B<-encrypt>] S<<< [B<-config> >] >>> B S<<< B<-na> > >>> S<<< B<-o> > >>> S<<< [B<-c> >] >>> [B<-no>] [B<-l>] [B<-f>] [B<-h>] [B<-a>] [B<-e>] S<<< [B<-co> >] >>> =for html
=head1 DESCRIPTION The B command designates the user or group named by the B<-owner> argument as the owner of the group named by the B<-name> argument, and records the new owner in the owner field of the group's Protection Database entry. In the case of regular groups, this command automatically changes the group name's owner prefix (the part of the group name before the colon) to match the new owner. If the new owner is itself a group, then only its owner prefix, not its complete name, becomes the owner prefix in the new name. The change to the owner prefix does not propagate to any groups owned by the group, however. To make the owner prefix of such group-owned groups reflect the new owning group, use the B command. It is not possible to change a user or machine entry's owner from the default set at creation time, the system:administrators group. =head1 CAUTIONS While designating a machine as a group's owner does not cause an error, it is not recommended. The Protection Server does not extend the usual privileges of group ownership to users logged onto the machine. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item B<-name> > Specifies the current name of the group to which to assign a new owner. =item B<-owner> > Names the user or group to become the group's owner. =include fragments/pts-common.pod =back =head1 EXAMPLES The following example changes the owner of the group C from the user C to the user C. A side effect is that the group name changes to C. % pts chown -name terry:friends -owner pat The following example changes the owner of the group C from the user C to the group C. A side effect is that the group name changes to C. % pts chown -name terry:friends -owner pat:buddies =head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED The issuer must belong to the system:administrators group or currently own the group. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT IBM Corporation 2000. All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.