File Ownership Commands

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Linux File Ownership Commands

  1. No User Corresponds to File's Numeric User ID
    # find <directory> -nouser -print0 | xargs -0 chown <new user>
  2. No Group Corresponds to File's Numeric Group ID
    # find <directory> -nogroup -print0 | xargs -0 chgrp <new group>

AIX File Ownership Commands

  1. No User Corresponds to File's Numeric User ID
    # find <directory> -nouser | xargs chown -h <new user>
  2. No Group Corresponds to File's Numeric Group ID
    # find <directory> -nogroup | xargs chgrp -h <new group>

Further Reading

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