delorimier:/# chown root.root /etc/passwd

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Usage: chown [OPTION]... OWNER[:[GROUP]] FILE...
  or:  chown [OPTION]... :GROUP FILE...
  or:  chown [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.

  -c, --changes          like verbose but report only when a change is made
      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather
                         than the symbolic link itself
  -h, --no-dereference   affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
                         (available only on systems that can change the
                         ownership of a symlink)
      --from=CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP
                         change the owner and/or group of each file only if
                         its current owner and/or group match those specified
                         here.  Either may be omitted, in which case a match
                         is not required for the omitted attribute.
  -f, --silent, --quiet  suppress most error messages
      --reference=RFILE  use RFILE's owner and group rather than
                         the specified OWNER:GROUP values
  -R, --recursive        operate on files and directories recursively
  -v, --verbose          output a diagnostic for every file processed
      --help             display this help and exit
      --version          output version information and exit

Owner is unchanged if missing.  Group is unchanged if missing, but changed
to login group if implied by a `:'.  OWNER and GROUP may be numeric as well
as symbolic.

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